How to build a basement / Discussions

How do you remove moisture and condensation from basement walls?

...ave a few pages that will help you understand what is happening, as well how to do it properly if you decide to repair it. See our page about how insulation works, and this page on how to insulate a basement properly. Perhaps they used metal studs instead of wood studs as a way to stop the wall from rotting, but that a...

Posted by Aaron Keating July 27, 2019 Basements improvements 3 responses

Can you help me choose between a slab on grade and pressure treated wood foundation?

...aterials to ensure healthy indoor air quality. Below are a few pages to read over, and again, please explain a bit better what you are being told about foundations and we can probably help you. We are in the process of building another demonstration house in Wakefield, Quebec, it is from a prefab slab-on-grade form kit...

Posted by Margot Simonot May 20, 2019 Slab on Grade 1 response