Finishing a basement comes with a lot of work, specifically with the flooring choice. Often times, this room gets overlooked and appears colder in design. But, with all the extra room basements have, ...

Q: I’m thinking of buying a house that has a crawl space. The foundation is in very bad shape. While the house looks quite bad, it’s got good bones. Is it possible to completely remove a bad ...

Dear Jerry: I read your columns weekly and enjoy them, but your recent series on wet or damp basements made me want to contact you. Weekly on the radio I hear about this problem and the answer is the ...

Dear James: We plan to add a half-bathroom, but our house is built on a slab. Is it possible to still add a bathroom there, because there is no drain to the sewer in that spot? -- Charlotte G. Dear ...

Painting the concrete floor can improve the brightness of an area in your home. Covering it with vinyl or other flooring ...

Editor’s note: In light of recent rains, we are reprinting a timely column originally published June 6, 2009. We have a 1973 two-story house with a basement that we’ve owned for about two years. The ...