The cheapest fixes prevent the most expensive damage. How water moves around a house is the single biggest driver of wet basements and foundation trouble.
Type the year the house was built and I will tell you what else tends to be true at that age, what it costs, and what to ask. One number, ten seconds.
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The most common, most preventable cause of wet basements, and it's cheap to fix.
Basement flood protection insurers expect, costs, rebates, and what to check.
A cheap system to maintain, and an expensive one to ignore near the foundation.
Sight down the wall, lean and bulge are soil pressure winning.
Ignore hairline cracks; care where the water goes.
Big tree + old clay sewer line = scope it before you offer.
The building's raincoat, spalling brick and stained stucco are water findings.
The gate must close itself, and 'just needs a liner' rarely stops there.
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