Flood / Discussions

...flood, before you start shopping for low VOC wall panels, make sure you don’t end up in the same situation again. Have you installed a sewage backup check valve? We would recommend that first, and we found a company in Quebec that developed a product we are very impressed with, it’s a 'smart' sewage backup valve that h...

...flooding? While many products claim to be a permanent fix for water ingress into basements, we take an objective look at whether you can actually waterproof a basement from the inside or if you are simply redirecting the water flow in this guide.

...flood incident, either from inside (burst water tank) or from outside (like New Brunswick’s spring floods)?   That’s more of a durability issue than wall performance. Some Passive Houses may do fine, others may be severely damaged. You could get a home Passive House certified (PH) with a basement that has poor drainage...