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On Site With Form-A-Drain

This modular plastic footing form doubles as a perimeter drain. More

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Job Log: Adding a Walkout Basement

Supporting this home's brick veneer while cutting through the concrete foundation... More

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Rescuing a Block Foundation

Two foundation remediation specialists show how they used an engineered system of... More

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Heavy Lifting: A Housemover's Journal

A Massachusetts building mover details the process of lifting a 1772 post-and-beam... More

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Helical Pier Foundations for Problem Sites

Where space is tight or soils are unstable, building on helical piers can save... More

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An Alternative On-Site Septic Solution

On a site where a conventional leach field won't work, installing plastic leach... More

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Repairing a Bulging Foundation

A veteran contractor shares his method of repairing damaged foundations with... More

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A Masonry Chimney in Six Hours

No one likes waiting for the mason, but manufactured zero-clearance fireplaces... More

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Smarter Site Work with Geosynthetics

These tough plastic fabrics and grids take some of the uncertainty out of drainage... More

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Cutting Barrel-Vault Rafters

This custom builder used a site-built jig to make quick work of cutting composite curved rafters. More

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