Tag: house foundation

Protect Your Home’s Foundation From Weather Extremes

Maintaining consistent soil moisture is vital to keeping the foundation of your home stable. You may need to water your foundation with persistent high temperatures and drought. At other times you may need to take steps to keep water away from it. Here’s what to know about protecting and maintaining your home’s foundation. Soil responses… Read more »

Protecting Your Home From Dangerous Radon Gas

Radon is a naturally occurring, colorless, odorless gas that is the second-leading cause of lung cancer. The gas is everywhere, but it can rise to dangerous levels in your home. How do you protect yourself and your family from radon gas? Stealthy visitor As rock decays, the uranium and thorium it contains break down into… Read more »

Understanding House Foundations in New Construction

If you don’t know much about construction, many aspects of building your new home may be foreign to you. Knowledge is always a good thing, so let’s begin at the beginning: the house foundation. There are three types of house foundations: slabs, crawl spaces and basements. Slab foundations Slabs are the easiest house foundations to… Read more »