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A flooded basement changes the way a homeowner looks at a house. Before the water comes in, the basement often feels like useful extra space, maybe a laundry ar…

Water rarely announces itself with drama at first. More often, it starts with a faint musty odor near the basement stairs, a damp patch along a foundation wall …

Anyone who has owned a home in New Jersey long enough has seen what moisture can do. It starts quietly. A faint musty smell after a week of rain. A thin white f…

New Jersey homeowners rarely need to be convinced that water has a way of finding the weak spot. A heavy coastal storm, a week of steady rain, fast snowmelt, a …

A damp basement rarely announces itself at a convenient time. It shows up after a hard rain, during a rushed weekday morning, or right before guests are coming …

If you own a home in New Jersey long enough, you will hear the same basement advice repeated over and over. Some of it comes from neighbors who mean well. Some …

A wet basement rarely starts as a dramatic event. More often, it begins with a faint musty smell after a storm, a dark line creeping up the wall, a patch of eff…

New Jersey basements take a beating. Between coastal storms, older housing stock, freeze and thaw cycles, dense clay soils in many counties, and neighborhoods w…