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Why your clients’ basements will probably leak eventually

July 7, 2021 by Greg Meckbach

Homeowner clients are battling the elements just by living below the ground floor, and so they will need to act quickly if they notice water pooling in their basement, a building supply vendor suggests. “Creating a comfortable living space in

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Why this homeowner lost legal battle with neighbour over basement water problem

October 8, 2019 by Greg Meckbach

A Toronto homeowner who experienced basement water infiltration has lost his bid to sue the neighbours uphill from him for more than $83,000. In 2014, Chester Dawes bought his home, between the Humber River and High Park, in what used

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How an engineer failed to spot a major basement water problem

September 3, 2019 by Greg Meckbach

Three months after Edward Kent and Teresa Tomsky bought their Edmonton home, they noticed a musty smell in their basement. It turns out a foundation crack, which they were led to believe was minor, was actually quite serious. The foundation

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Woman drowns after small, intense storm floods basement

July 31, 2018 Colleen Slevin and Kathleen Foody - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – Rachael Haber only intended to stay a few minutes when she stopped by the basement apartment of a travelling friend to check on her pet cat. While she was there Tuesday, a small but intense storm hit

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Court closes door on homeowner plan to build a basement walkout below a flood line

February 22, 2018 Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

A Grande Prairie, Alta.-area property owner who installed a basement door below the one-in-100-year flood line should replace it with a window above the flood line, the Alberta Court of Appeal has ruled, upholding efforts by the municipality to stop