NEW HOLLAND, PA - Builders starting new home projects can now earn three additional points (for a total of 13 potential points) towards National Green Building Certification when using ...

When it comes to finishing or updating an unfinished basement, one of the most important ways to make the space functional is basement insulation. Basement foundation walls are naturally prone to ...

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 ...

Q: I just bought my first house and am about to remodel my basement. The previous owners of the house glued 2-inch-thick foam insulation to the poured concrete walls. It’s got an aluminum foil face on ...

CLARESHOLM, Alberta, April 13, 2015 /CNW/ -- Following a successful launch in late 2014, Superior Walls Alberta has now completed more than three dozen precast concrete foundations for new ...

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As a replacement for conventional steel reinforcing, carbon fibre grid can dramatically improve many aspects of concrete performance. It had been used primarily in concrete for rehabilitation ...

Older basement homes were engineered with a rigor most new builds simply skip.

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