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Category: Good Advice
How Laundry Room Location Can Lead to Dryer Vent Challenges
It’s best to vent the clothes dryer directly to the outside of the building. In fact – the building code requires it to be terminated outside the building. For the few homes that are built on a crawl space, that doesn’t mean you can or should terminate the dryer under the house. The building code says that’s a no-no too.
Efflorescence in Concrete and Brick
When I inspect and report the surface conditions of brick and concrete, and use the term efflorescence, it has more aesthetic rather than structural consequences.
Masonry Spalling and Freeze-thaw Weathering
Brick is porous. When water freezes, it expands. Put these two together and you have a recipe for surface spalling and freeze-thaw weathering. Freeze–thaw weathering is caused by moisture freezing inside masonry and then later contracting. Upon freezing, the water expands, causing spall,
Rain Gutter Installation and Inspection
Let’s start where most housing questions start. Are gutters required by building codes? No. Not in Mississippi. To minimize soil saturation houses with foundation walls (crawl space and basements) should pay particular attention to how roof water is managed. Positive drainage away