Fast Fixes for Wet Basements: A watertight bonus space depends upon conditions upstairs and outside

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Got a basement space that’d be perfect for finishing if it weren’t for moisture and leakage issues? Don’t give up─instead, look up. Most of the time, basement conditions originate at the roofline of your home, where faulty drainage can send water in the wrong direction. The resulting runoff ends up in the soil surrounding a structure’s foundation, where it can easily leak into a basement through the walls or even up through the center of

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