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2. 20 Affordable Ways to Prepare Your Home for Extreme Weather - AOL

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   Waterproof Your Basement There’s little worse than a wet, mildewy basement that wasn’t properly sealed. Before the rainy season hits, seal your basement floors and walls to protect them.

3. Basement waterproofing - Wikipedia

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   Waterproofing an existing basement begins with excavating to the bottom sides of the footings. Once excavated, the walls are then power washed and allowed to dry. The dry walls are sealed with a waterproofing membrane, [3] and new drainage tiles (weeping tiles) are placed at the side of the footing.

4. Waterproofing - Wikipedia

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   Damp proofing is another aspect of waterproofing. Masonry walls are built with a damp-proof course to prevent rising damp, and the concrete in foundations needs to be damp-proofed or waterproofed with a liquid coating, basement waterproofing membrane (even under the concrete slab floor where polyethylene sheeting is commonly used), or an ...

5. Insulating concrete form - Wikipedia

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   Insulating concrete form or insulated concrete form (ICF) is a system of formwork for reinforced concrete usually made with a rigid thermal insulation that stays in place as a permanent interior and exterior substrate for walls, floors, and roofs. The forms are interlocking modular units that are dry-stacked (without mortar) and filled with ...

6. 18 Secrets To Turning Your Home Into A Winter Fortress - AOL

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   Buy Now: amazon.com #3 Clean The Gutters. Clogged gutters can cause water to back up and potentially damage your home's foundation, walls, and roof. Cleaning the gutters is a crucial task to ...

7. Earth shelter - Wikipedia

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   Earth shelter. An earth shelter, also called an earth house, earth-bermed house, earth-sheltered house, [1] earth-covered house, or underground house, is a structure (usually a house) with earth (soil) against the walls and/or on the roof, or that is entirely buried underground. Earth acts as thermal mass, making it easier to maintain a steady ...