The Springfield, Missouri News-Leader wrote an article about termites, ants, and pest control and how to help stop them from entering and thriving in a home by preventing moisture.

“Do whatever you can to keep moisture away from your home’s foundation, Schultheis [of the News-Leader] said. Make sure rain is not getting into your crawl space or draining toward your home, he said. If it does, regrade the soil around the foundation by adding more top soil and planting grass. This will eliminate the depression or drainage problem.” Read more »

Posted: June 25th, 2008 under crawl space repair.
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From the Web site of Southface, a non-profit organization with the mission of saving energy, conserving water, and preserving the environment, comes a Top Ten List for Sealed Crawlspace Success.

The list discusses many of the issues that we here at Basement Systems have been addressing for the last 7 years, including the sealing of a crawl space with a thick, impermeable liner (you can’t save the planet if your throwing away a crawlspace full of 6-mil plastic every two years) and then conditioning the space.

You can see the crawl space list in it’s entirety at the Southface Web site, but as it deals with new construction, I have truncated it here to reflect sealing a crawl space in an existing home.

Here’s the list:

1. Moisture can enter the crawlspace when the home is being constructed, creating mold even before the home is completed. Proper drainage, sealing and insulating are important early in construction—before the floor joists are installed. Read more »
   

   Posted: June 17th, 2008 under crawl space repair.
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Are you planning to add some extra usable space to your house, like a new game room or a home office? Are you being held back because you don’t want to deal with the hassles usually involved in the building process?

If you have an unfinished basement, you can add valuable living space to your home, without having to build anything.

And, as this video will show, refinishing your basement is not only the smarter thing to do; it is also the “greener” choice. You will have the comfortable, efficient room you need, and your family, neighborhood, and planet will benefit from it.

Posted: June 4th, 2008 under basement finishing, basement waterproofing, videos.
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New Jersey Basement Systems dealer, Quality 1st Basement Systems, is now installing Bilco Egress Window Wells in New Jersey. As a basement waterproofing contractor in NJ, the company’s now installing egress windows is a perfect fit.

Quality 1st will install Bilco doors, Bilco egress window wells, and window wells as part of their services. These are great products to go along with keeping a basement dry and making it a more comfortable space.

You can read more on the Quality 1st and their expansion into egress windows in New Jersey on their Web site.

Posted: June 4th, 2008 under basement waterproofing.
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