Q. A corner of my garden has poor drainage and I have lost a lot of plants there over the years. A friend told me to put in a dry well. What is a dry well and will that help? A. A dry well is unlikely ...
DEAR TIM: My last house had a basement that leaked water. I’m building a new home and want my basement as dry as the Atacama Desert. I’m confident that my drain tile was not put in correctly at my ...
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What Tools Do You Need to Tile a Shower Floor?

In this complete DIY tutorial, you’ll learn how to install a shower pan, set the drain, and tile the shower floor with mosaic ...
My basement has a dirt floor. I am digging around the foundation walls to install drain tile that will connect to a sump pit, and then I plan to eventually pour a concrete floor.<BR><BR>I pretty much ...
This piping looks complicated but it s not. You re looking at new garage floor drains, a simple P-trap and a surface clean-out. (Tim Carter) Perspective by Tim Carter Q: I’m about to build a new home ...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Counterintuitive as it may seem, farm fields with the best tile drainage systems generally produced the highest yields during last year's drought, Iowa farmers and other ...
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