DEAR TIM: My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my ...

My basement has a dirt floor. I am digging around the foundation walls to install drain tile that will connect to a sump pit, and then I plan to eventually pour a concrete floor.<BR><BR>I pretty much ...

Q. A corner of my garden has poor drainage and I have lost a lot of plants there over the years. A friend told me to put in a dry well. What is a dry well and will that help? A. A dry well is unlikely ...

In this video I am going to be installing 1,200 feet of drain tile in my yard in hopes that it will dry things up. My yard has always been very wet, and makes the lawn unusable for the first 2 months ...

Waterproofing your basement involves a lot more than simply painting a waterproofing product on your basement walls. And a truly waterproofed basement, that includes a drain tile system and a sump ...

Dear Ken: We have a floor drain in the basement and sometimes get a sewer odor through it. Is there some kind of drain we can install to block the smell? — Pam Answer: There is a small, U-shaped pipe ...