Basement Maintenance
Our basement maintenance tips can help you keep your home cost efficient, safe & cozy.
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Basement Waterproofing 101: A Comprehensive Guide
Need to stop water from coming into your basement? Use gutters, a drainage system, and interior waterproofing to keep your basement dry.
How To Keep A Basement Dry
Host Kevin O’Connor discusses wet basements and what homeowners can do about them with mason Mark McCullough and heating and plumbing expert Richard Trethewey.
6 Simple Ways to Get Your Yard and Home Ready for Fall
As the fall season begins, there are a few maintenance tasks to pay attention to around the house. Here are six ways to prepare your yard and home for the cooler season.
How To Pump Water Out Of Your Basement
Flooding in your basement can damage belongings and your foundation. Follow this quick guide to learn how to pump water out of your basement.
How To Test for Black Mold
Wondering if that spot might be mold? Learn about the most popular ways and kits to test for mold at home.
What to Know About Basement Foundation Cracks
Not every crack in a foundation wall—either concrete block or poured concrete—is cause for concern or needs to be fixed.
How to Prevent Mold in Your Basement
Identify, treat, and prevent basement mold with expert advice from This Old House.
How to Install a Sump Pump
Prevent basement flooding by installing and maintaining a basement sump pump. Our experts will show you how the installation process works.
How To Insulate Your Basement
From preparation to installation, This Old House's Tom Silva shows how to insulate your basement.
How To Level a Concrete Floor
Uneven concrete floor? This Old House general contractor Tom Silva teaches you how to fix it using wooden rails and self-leveling compound.
All About Basement Mold
What you don't see can harm you.
How to Replace a Basement Window
In this how-to video, This Old House general contractor Tom Silva puts in a new basement window
Top 10 Home Repair Questions
Got a common home repair issue on your to-do list? Read our repair experts' answers to the most frequently asked home maintenance questions.
Sump Pump Cover
Sump pump covers are simple yet effective devices that can prevent debris from entering your sump pit and even help with radon mitigation.