Technical Papers

Reasons why household dehumidifiers don't hold up to the same job to help keep a basement dry- And the SaniDry XP's advantage over household dehumidifiers.

7 great reasons to fix your sinking, unlevel slab

Why you should care about your crawl space and the impact it has on the air you breathe.

A common question we get about PolyLEVEL is, "How long will it last under the slab?"

Government agencies and medical sites have created many articles addressing exposure to too much mold, the certain types of mold that should be avoided, and when to call in a professional. With all of this data, there is surprisingly not one mention of a numerically safe level of mold a person or home can be in contact with. The guidelines for mold cleanup and safe exposure level are essentially unstated....

Simply stated, slab settlement is the movement a concrete slab experiences when the soil below can no longer support the weight of it....

Sometimes the solution is worse than the problem. And sometimes the solution is not a solution, and worse than the problem. That's what venting a crawl space is!

Relative Humidity (RH) is the amount of water in the air relative to the maximum amount of water the air can hold at that temperature. Here is RH in simple terms....

Designed for Failure: When builders build homes, they have a lot of things to put in the house and pay for. Given the choice of spending money on beautiful things like great cabinets and bathroom fixtures, or on the things that protect the house and make it last longer that a buyer won't see-- he goes for the beauty. Why? It's what people see and want….

The most overlooked, yet most affordable basement project has to be the Everlast Basement window insert. It's a clean looking and energy efficient window alternative...

How mold thrives, some rules in building science, today's home vs. yesterday's home, and the ricks of cleaning up mold yourself....

A lot of people ask this question....

1. Mold where you can see it
2. Mold where you can't see it

Beware of contractors who tout these as solutions to your foundation's problems!

Besides dry soils causing settling of your floors and high humidity causing mold and rot and all the fun that goes with it, dirt crawl spaces cause other problems, which can be corrected at the same time in one project. Let's review this more than significant problem briefly...

When Your Castle is Crumbling....

Health effects, what is it, mold intelligence, allergies, structural damage, testing concerns, household issues, getting rid of it, and SOLUTIONS....

Your basement can provide valuable “healthy” space. In this day and age, we all have “stuff” in our lives. How many times have you driven past one of those huge storage facilities, only to think, “Wow, wouldn’t it be great to have extra space?” We all have the overflow of “stuff” in our lives to make living more comfortable; we just tend to crowd our livable space with all of it. Many of us have the extra space we need to store our things, however, we cannot use that space because our space is in our basement, which is smelly, moldy, and wet...

Stabilizing your home’s foundation is essentially the process of reinforcing your foundation to prevent movement. The importance of foundation stabilization is to....

Do the Floors Above Your Crawl Space Seem Bouncy, Soft, or Unlevel?