Foundation

Replacing a House Foundation

Unable to dig the basement down, Nick Portnoy goes up with the house instead

The FPSF Principle

Solutions for Expansive Soil

High-Capacity Hold-Down

Underpinning Basement Foundations

Polyiso Insulation Product

Latest New Products Roundup

High-Performance Foundation Waterproofing

Self-Adhering Waterproofing Membrane

Queen of Zero: High Performance From the Ground Up

Shallow Foundation Form

Building a Foundation Designed for a Wet Site

7 Steps to a Drier, Safer Construction Site

Protection for Foundation Insulation

Low-Vapor-Permeance Under-Slab Barrier

Cold-Applied Waterproofing

JLC Field Guide: Concrete

JLC Field Guide: Sitework

JLC Field Guide: Footings

JLC Field Guide: Structural Slabs

JLC Field Guide: Concrete Block

JLC Field Guide: Pier Foundations

JLC Field Guide: Poured Walls

JLC Field Guide: Retaining Walls

JLC Field Guide: Anchors

JLC Field Guide: Radon Abatement

Drainage Composite Mat

Helical Piles for Retaining Walls

Foundations and Frost

Burying Deck Support Posts Below Grade

Building on Sloped Terrain Made Easy with Helical Piles

Reinforcing a Foundation with Structural Strapping

Installing a Steel Pergola

Building a ‘Removable’ Deck

Framing a Complex Addition

Sealing Foundation Cracks With Epoxy

Decoding the Framing Square

An Illustrated Guide to Flood-Resilient Buildings

Sleeving Through Footings

Controlling Condensation in an Insulated Basement

Foam-Glass Aggregate

Building a House, From A to Z

Pre-piping for Radon

Building a Screened Porch Under a Rooftop Deck

Getting Basements Right

Anchoring Mudsill

Rebuilding a Basement Bulkhead Entry

New Pier for an Old Post

An Innovative Rim Joist Repair

Steel-Alternative Rebar

Understanding Isolated Footings for Post Supported Structures

The Surprising Secret of a High-End Custom Home Builder

Foaming Under the Slab

Lstiburek on Permanent Wood Foundations

Adding a Quakeproof Deck to a Stucco Home

Concrete Solutions

High-Performance Crawlspace Foundations

Rock-Solid Stair Posts

Strategies for Safe, Affordable Decks

Crawlspaces: Either In or Out

One-Man Hole Digger

Pouring a High-Performance Concrete Slab

Cure for a Bulging Brick Foundation

Mixing Your Own Concrete

Japanese Building Technology–New To U.S. Job Sites-Sets A Foundation For Big Change

Anchoring a Post to Old Concrete Steps

Pinning a Foundation to Ledge

Insulating Foundations

Spalling Bluestone

Smooth Tube Piers

Smooth Tube Piers

Precast Pier Jig

Engineering a Concrete-Block Wall

Precast Deck Pier Solution

Mechanical Earth Drill

Better Deck Piers

Reinforcing a Weak Foundation

A Partial Foundation Retrofit

Concrete Deck Piers

The Tree Deck

Front Porch With a Purpose

Effective Foundation Waterproofing

Foundation Drainage for a Low-Lying Site

Close Encounter With a Garage Support

Is Treated Wood Always Required for Sills?

Fixing a Poorly Supported Beam

Lifting Slab-On-Grade Homes

Pier-and-Beam Foundations for Problem Soils

Structural Anchor for Wood Posts

Flexible Forms for Embedded PT Posts

Forming a Hobbit House

Ground-level Grill Deck Questions

Concrete-free Deck Foundation Solution

Ground-Anchored Solution for a Sagging Boardwalk

Building a Freshwater Dock

Rebuilding a ‘Waterproof’ Deck

Moment Post Base

Two-Story Block Addition

Insulating Over a Structural Slab

Piers for a Lakeside Deck

Setting Precast Footings

Setting Precast Footings

Levittown’s ‘Cellarless’ Homes

Four Tips for a Durable Deck

Solving A Crawlspace Moisture Mystery

Post Protection

Air-Sealing the Box Sill of an Old House

Perforated Pipe – Holes Up or Down?

The Porches of Hurricane Alley

Wintertime Deck Building

Installing a Swim Spa

Who Knew Decks Could Be So Complicated?

Transforming an Old Porch Into a Four-Season Sunroom

A Trowelable Air-Barrier Membrane

Block or Poured Concrete Foundation?

Building an Elevated Stone Deck

Durable Deck Details

Foundation Waterproofing That Works

A Multi-level Deck Made of Steel

Building a Freestanding Deck in a Seismic Zone

A Fluid-Applied Weather Barrier

Insulating Foundations in Earthquake Country

Ground Rules for Grade-Level Decks

Building a Deck on Grade

Building a Shotcrete Retaining Wall

Sealing the Foundation to the Framing

Avoiding Common Construction Defects

DUC Undercut Anchors Installation Guide

Foundation Waterproofing

Pier-and-Beam Foundations For Problem Soils

Leaky Basement Windows

Detailing a Sub-Slab Vapor Barrier

Depth Recommendations for Crawlspace Footings

Island Custom Home: Air Barrier for a Floor Transition

A Basement Floor Without Concrete

Island Parallelogram House: Completing the Basement

Sizing Piers

Cripple-Wall Failure

Best Flashing for Concrete?

Replacing Rotted Beams on a Seaside Condo

An Insulated Slab for the Deep South

Hardware for Ground-Contact Lumber

Saving a Hilltop Pool

Air-Sealing the Framing-to-Foundation Joint

As Connecticut Basements Crumble, Bad Gravel Could be the Culprit

NDS Pro Introduces Gravel-Free French Drain

Pier Protection

As Flood Maps Change, Cape Cod Builders Elevate

Review: Collomix Xo 4 Portable Power Mixer

Foundation Wall Pour for an Urban Infill Project

Urban Infill: Footings on a Tight Site

Replacing an Underbuilt Foundation

Severe Flooding Hits Gulf States

Down on the Boardwalk

A Case Study in Foundation Waterproofing Failure

Retrofitting a Foundation for Problem Soils

New Boston Flood Maps Set to Take Effect

No Fault in Texas Fault Line Lawsuit

On Site: Maine Island Foundation Rehab

Foundation Excavation Reveals Historic Wooden Ship

Floating a Boathouse

Concrete for an ICF Foundation

Stepped Footings

Building Hurricane-Resistant Homes With Concrete Walls

Concrete Advice

Detailing a Superinsulated Slab

Weight of Concrete Footings

More Details on Sizing Footings

How to Make Square Cuts on Round Footing Forms

Curing Time for Concrete Footings

Faster Deck Piers

Insulated Footings for a Massachusetts Passive House

Precast Deck Piers

Building a Commercial Deck

Better Deck Piers Part 2

Precast Concrete Footings

Sealing a South Carolina Crawlspace

Fast, Accurate, and Attractive Piers

March 2015 Letters

Concrete Cracks – How To Fix

Flat-Forms

Pouring Concrete in Dry Soil

Slideshow – On Site with Diamond Pier

Roughing Out a Lot Before Construction

Simpson Strong-Tie Fastener for Coastal Pile Construction

HouseGuard Wall Ninja

Why Soil Moisture Matters When Pouring Concrete Footings

Island House Makeover: Starts at the Bottom

A Better Post-Hole Tamper

Replacing a Screened Porch with a Four-Season Sunroom

6 Companies You’ve Never Seen at the Remodeling Show—Until Now

Bilco StakWel Egress Window Well

September 2014 Letters

Insulated Foundation for an Urban Infill Site

Pin Foundations Diamond Pier Foundation System

Building a Bollard

A Tall Deck in Earthquake Country

Simpson Strong-Tie CPTZ Post Base

Framing a Floor Over a Complex Foundation

Calculating FPSF Insulation Requirements

Cost-Saving Insulated Foundations

House Move: Saving a Luxury Home From Beach Erosion

Mudsill Layout for a Complex Foundation

Retrofitting a Basement Door in a Cold Climate

A New Foundation for an Old House

Keeping Concrete Mix Dry

Warming up a Cold Concrete Slab Foundation

Helical Pile Foundations

Lateral Bracing Alternatives

Raise, Don’t Raze, the House

Heavy Lift

A New York City Passive House: First, Get Out the Shovels

Stepped Buttresses for a Row House Basement

Retrofit Exterior Foundation Insulation

FEMA Grants Will Lift Rhode Island Houses

Deck Woes in Alaska

Homeowners Stiffed On Claims for Flood-Damaged Foundations

Alternative to Conventional Footings

House Rotation

Formwork for Carpenters

TJ Shear Brace Installation

Warmer, Drier Basements

Installing Pavers

To Elevate – or What? Staten Island Homeowners Ponder their Options

Building Stem Wall Foundations – Part II

Framing Fix for a Faulty Foundation

Building a Stem Wall Foundation

A Piece of OSB Makes Footing Cleanup Easy

No More Sonotubes

Survey – Deck Footing

Crawlspace Cover

Frost-Protected Shallow Garage Slab

Port of Miami Tunnel Project Half Dug

Max Rebar Tier

Working With Helical Piers

Structural Slab Costs

Expanding a Kitchen

Overhead Slabs

Walled In: Superior Walls Xi Plus Pre-Cast Insulated Concrete Panels

Flex-Drain Expandable Drain Pipe

Deck Stairs on Frost Footings

Pouring a Structural Slab

Interview: Lisa Wood on the Coming of the Smart Grid and What It Means for Homes

Universal Design Resources

Helical Pile Deck Foundations

Replacing a Foundation and Retrofitting a First Floor

Retrofitting a First Floor

No-Leak Membrane for Concrete Footings

Frost Protection for an Existing Foundation

Adding a Point Load to a Post-Tensioned Concrete Slab

Stabilizing a Hillside Foundation

Deck Foundations

Port of Miami Tunnel Project Gears Up to Go

Sizing Posts

5 Steps to Building a Search Persona

Gates Foundation: ‘We Need to Reinvent the Toilet’

Dry Feet: Cosella-Dorken Delta Footing Barrier

GE, Kleiner Perkins And Others To Put $63 Million In 10 Home Energy Tech†Companies

Permanent Wood Foundations

Back to Basics: Pragmatic Prefab for a Little Greener Living

Why Not Use Post Connectors?

Faster Footing Layout for Aboveground Pool Decks

Working With Sonotubes

Seal Seams In Crawlspace Liners

Replacing a Slab Foundation

Extreme Temperature Formula Low-VOC Subfloor And Deck Construction Adhesive

Super-Insulated Slab Foundations

Dry Wall

Foundation for a Problem Site

Homeownership Survey Finds Homeowner Confidence Shaken by Mortgage Crisis

Diamond Pier DP-50 Pin Foundation

Product Extra: The Remodeling Show

Maximum Height for a 4×4 Post

How to Influence Positive Change

Disintegrating Footings

Tree Roots and Foundation Cracks

Framing a 16-Sided Addition

Deck Ledgers and I-Joist Cantilevers

Setting Mudsills on Out-of-Level Foundations

Simpson Strong-Tie MASA Mudsill Anchors

Replacing a Stone Foundation

Installing an Egress Window in an Existing Foundation

Multilevel Lakeside Deck

Block Foundations for Small Additions

Recyling Dell Computers

Are Windows Required in Basements?

New Deck Footings Near an Old Foundation

Concrete Houses for the Coast

ISO: Skilled Labor

QUESTION & ANSWER

Building a Stationary Dock

Shapely Piers

A Pier-and-Beam Foundation For a Coastal Site

Do Precast Foundation Walls Need Waterproofing?

On the Job: Future-Proof Footings

Post Attachment Resists 500-Pound Load

Design: Fixing Wright’s Wrongs

High and Dry

Connecting Gutter Downspouts to Footing Drains

Hurricane-Resistant Concrete Homes

Footings From New England To California: Builders across the land reveal their tricks to supporting decks

Driving Down Risk

Wet-Set Mudsills

Lumber for Permanent Wood Foundations

Installing a ScapeWel

Industry growth projected in Harvard report

Designing Pier Footings

Solid-Looking Posts For Raised Decks

Underpinning a Garage Foundation

Framing the First-Floor Deck

Solution for a Common Brick Veneer Problem

Block-Laying Basics

Letters

Review: Strong, Safe, Foundations

Soundings

Low Country Rx: Wet Floodproofing

Building A Block Foundation

Soundings: Sealed Crawlspaces in Flood Zones

Seismic Retrofit For Cripple Walls

Soundings

Design: Seaside Surge Solutions

Foolproof Cure for Wet Basements

Teams Thrive on Trust

Retrofitting a Window Into a Block Foundation

Job Log: Adding a Walkout Basement

On Site With Form-A-Drain

Products

Rescuing a Block Foundation

Insulating Basement Walls

James Krengel Wins Remodeling 2004 Foundation Award for Lifetime Achievement

Before+After: Asian Flare

Heavy Lifting: A Housemover’s Journal

Piling it On

Forming a Brick Shelf in a Concrete Foundation

Waterproofing ICFs

Helical Pier Foundations for Problem Sites

Reader’s Choice: DeWalt Cordless Rotary Laser

Repairing a Bulging Foundation

Soil condition causes foundation wall to crack during excavation

Reinforcing a Slab Over Disturbed Soil

Q&A: Stucco Over Concrete

Building a Sealed Crawlspace

Building a Frost-Protected Foundation for an Unheated Building

A Masonry Chimney in Six Hours

Q&A: Is It Necessary to Compact Slab Sub-Base?

Q&A: Sinking Foundation

Getting Into Modular Construction

Q&A: Insulating a Foundation

Basement Waterproofing

Before+After: On A Tight Rein

Trouble-Free Foundations for Expansive Soils

Foundations & Site Work

Foundation Drainage

Seismic & High-Wind Framing

Waterproofing Basement Walls

Retrofitting Basements

Tornado Points Out Flaws in Home Construction

Repairing a Stone Foundation

Working With a Net

Installing Precast Garage Slabs

Firm Foundation

Designing Concrete Basement Walls

Best Defense: Mold Prevention

Q&A: Overhanging Brick Veneer

A Stone Veneer Foundation

Q&A: Finishing Basement Walls

Cleaning Up After the Storm

Making Brick Repairs Disappear

Q&A: Footing Width for Frost-Protected Shallow Foundations

Sawing Concrete

Q&A: Foundation Wall Cracks

My First ICF Foundation

Notebook

Q&A: Connecting Gutter Downspouts to Footing Drains

Q&A: Water in Under-Slab Ducts

Layout Under the Slab

Resources

Foundation Footing Fundamentals

Q&A: Foundation Trench Near Concrete Driveway

By Design: A Small Office with Eye Appeal

Practical Foundation Waterproofing

Q&A: Should EIFS Extend to Grade?

Best-Practice Energy Upgrades

Notebook

Tying In a New Foundation

Waterproofing ICF Foundations

A Quick Cure for Problem Soils

Prefab Shear Walls

Q&A: Crawlspace Mildew

Spray-Applied Foundation Waterproofing

Q&A: Concrete Cold Joints

Resources

Strictly Business: An Estimating Checklist

Foundation Drainage

Computer Solutions: Simplified Structural Design

Q&A: Spray Foam for Foundations?

Factory-Built Custom Homes

Working Down Under: Basement Remodeling Tips

Letters

Q&A: Preventing Grout Stains on Kitchen Counters