This article describes a low cost method of building insulated basement walls without concrete, using geotextiles. Typical basement walls are expensive and use large amounts of concrete, a major ...

Plots of land are rarely flat enough, high enough or big enough to build on and that's where the retaining wall comes in. Creating a buildable plot while holding back tons of dirt is what retaining ...

Q: There are white deposits on my chimney, on the face of a retaining wall and on my paver patio. I sometimes see these white crystals near cracks in my basement walls. What are they? Are they hurting ...

Q: My house foundation was poured on a sloping lot. I stopped by just after the forms were stripped from the foundation, and I think the foundation was poured too deep. The ground on one side of the ...