Prevent / Green Building & Sustainable Home Renovation Information & Advice

...prevent the thousands of liters of water that are already in the wall from drying safely to the inside, where it could easily be handled by a dehumidifier or by ventilation with an HRV or ERV system. The only way walls below grade can possibly dry is to the inside. We have to stop trying to prevent that by wrapping the...

...prevented sudden and excess spring thaw water from arriving in your man cave, the easiest and cheapest way to prevent basement floods is with a correctly specified and operational sump pump. Gutter downspout extensions prevent basement flooding by directing water away from the bases of walls What is a sump pump and h...

...prevented the wall from drying to the interior and instead sealed the moisture in. Read here about sustainable drainage solutions to prevent basement flooding. As one of the foremost authorities on healthy basement construction, Professor John Straube of the University of Waterloo dubbed this typical type of wall assem...