Q Is it worthwhile sealing a crack on the outside of my house foundation? The basement is finished so I can only get to the outside. I’ve seen your video about a carbon fibre system for concrete crack ...

Cracks in your home's foundation can be scary, but in certain cases, they're completely harmless and can be repaired with a few basic items.

Q. We have a 1950s-built home on a sandy lot where most of the homes have cement block basement walls and many have had to be reinforced. Our walls have some cracks, mostly along a horizontal seam. We ...

I noticed that I have a crack running down my cinder block basement wall. Most of the cracks follow the joints of the blocks except for one, which split one block in half. I temporarily sealed couple ...

Foundation problems are probably the biggest structural concern for any homeowner or potential buyer, so it’s no surprise that we tend to get a little panicky about seeing cracks in basement walls.

Question: We moved in to a new walkout basement home two years ago, and I'm noticing a crack in the front basement wall. The crack is in the center of the wall from top to bottom. I then found a small ...

In the last couple of articles we have been discussing what I see and what you see when looking at the same area or item in a house. We have referred to this as “double vision.” In the past articles, ...

ST. LOUIS -- Many homeowners are seeing the impact of the drought with cracked walls in the basement, forcing thousands of dollars in repair bills that insurance generally doesn't cover. The St. Louis ...

Dear James: I have an old house with plaster walls and many cracks that need to be repaired. How can I fix these so they stay fixed and are invisible? — Julianne T. Dear Julianne: Many older houses ...

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