We went out to do a garage floor crack this week in Waltham, MA because the owner was planning to sell their house. The during the home inspection, the inspector told the prospective buys that if the cracks are left unrepaired, the corners of the cracks will continue to crumble as cars drive over the area repeatedly. In the past, we have seen customers try to use hydraulic cement. This method does not last and...

Rich answered the phone at 7:45 PM at night and spent over 20 minutes on the phone answering all of my questions. Rich was extremely professional and informative. Rich was unbelievable helpful even late at night. This is extremely rare and refreshing in today's world. I have not had any work done as of yet but will definitely be following up with Rich in the near future.

The first thing you need to think about when buying a sump pump for the basement is the type of sump pump you need. There are basically two kinds. The first is called a pedestal sump pump which goes into the sump pump basin or the hole that you put into a hole that is put into the basement. Some of it is above the hole, therefore it can be tipped, it can be tied...

This is a common problem that we see quite often. People always tell us that their basement floors are dusty, even though they sweep them all the time. There is actually an industry term for this: concrete dusting, the floor is dusting. The top layer of concrete is soft, and you can often scrape it with your fingernail. There are three main causes of concrete dusting: The first is called Bleeding. Concrete has water in...

The other day we got a call from a contractor that we have done business with in the past. One of his sub-contractors put the sewer pipe through the concrete wall in the wrong place. So he was left with a 4" sewer pipe sticking through his concrete wall that had about 8' outside also. He has to eventually put the pipe in the right place, which left him with an unused pipe sticking out...

Sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't. Basement wall cracks are covered when, if you read your condo documents it states that they are responsible for the foundation walls. There are also situations where it is not stated in the documents. Then the decision goes to the association to decide. Basement wall cracks are not covered when, in the condo documents, it states that the basement foundation is not covered, or when the association decides...

We received a call recently from an owner of a high-end brownstone in Boston that faces the Charles River. The gentlemen who owns the unit is also a developer and a civil engineer by trade. In the bathroom, water was coming in from behind the finished wall. We probed some more with questions, and found that they had tried to stop the water by putting a smear coat of mortar onto the leaking stone foundation...

As a homeowner, if you head into your basement during a thunderstorm and notice water coming into your home from a leaking basement window, what is the first thing you should do? First we have to identify where the water is coming from. If it is a finished basement window, we have to open that wall up a little bit. There are a few places where the water can be leaking from. The water can...

This time of year, as the weather gets cooler, the mice are looking for a place to live. These mice are coming into people's houses all the time. One mouse can have 49 babies a year, and they can start reproducing when they are just 4 weeks old. There are six main ways to keep mice from creating a home in your basement. Keep food in glass or metal containers. Don't keep your food in...

A1 Foundation Crack Repair would like to welcome a new member to our fleet! Keep your eyes open for our new "Crack Repair Van."