The Crackman had a couple calls recently from Milford & Hopkinton Mass where people were complaining about water oozing through the foundation walls. Is that like something out of a horror movie or something a bit less sinister?
In this episode, the Crackman discusses the before and after pictures attached to the blog post about this episode. It shows an incredible repair job that rivals the toughest jigsaw puzzle you've ever seen. Check it out.
In this episode, we examine a picture the Crackman attached to his blog. It looks like a muddy pit that shows a pipe of some sort that is going into a foundation through a hole that is about 3 times bigger than the diameter of the pipe. What happened here? The Crackman explains.
The Crackman explains a video he received from a customer that shows him demonstrating how much water is under his concrete floor. There is an open hole in the corner and he is using a screwdriver to show how deep it is. We put the video on the blog so our viewers can see it. The Crackman explains.
In his 25 years as the Crackman, Rich has seen a flooded basement or two. If a homeowner went down to his man cave and found a soaked carpet, step 1 would be to issue a torrent of expletives. What should the next step be?
On his blog, The Crackman posted a picture that will make you laugh. Iit appears to be another creative way a homeowner dealt with a basement wall leak. But because of the COVID-19 shutdown, he couldn't get to the fix action right away so he advised him of a creative DIY temporary fix you have to see to believe.
The Crackman prides himself on his responsiveness to answering phone calls and providing assistance when needed, at all hours. In this case study, he reveals that he met his match with a particular customer. Have have to listen to believe it.
For years the Crackman been warning people not to let basement water problems to get out of control...to deal with them before it gets too serious. In this episode, he gives us an example of a time where someone let their stone foundation leak just a little too long.
A1 just got a glowing review on Yelp that reads: They did a great job on fixing a crack we had in the seam of our basement wall. Very professional, well priced, and they took all meticulous precautions given the pandemic. I would recommend them highly! In this episode, the Crackman talks about the "meticulous precautions" aspect of that review and what they are doing to protect his team and his customers.
Don't you love science fiction movies and TV shows that envision self-healing technologies? In this episode, Rich explains the so-called self-healing concrete crack repair technology.
One can think of a sump pump like a bilge pump. Water will always find and collect at the lowest point, and will eventually need to be pumped out. So, when do you know it's time to install a sump pump in your home? When you find a lake in your basement? Adam Tracy discusses.
When it's cold and wet outside, a nice cozy basement seems pretty inviting for a rodent. In this episode, Rich explains how rodents get into the basement and what you can do about it.
In this episode we have the Crack Daddy, Adam Tracy, telling us the difference between cement and concrete.
In this episode, we have the Crack Daddy, Adam Tracy, with us and he explains everything we need to know about concrete foundation footings.
In this episode, Crack Daddy, Adam Tracy, shares his experiences with the COVID-19 crisis with his listeners. Last week, we had the Crackman on the podcast and he explained how A1 Foundation Crack Repair was handling the local requirements of social distancing and other precautionary measures in their foundation crack repair business. Then, on the heels of that message, the Massachusetts governor ordered non-essential businesses to shut down. What does that mean for the crack repair business? Ad...
The entire country has been affected by this COVID-19 Coronavirus pandemic. Public events are being cancelled, schools and restaurants are shutting down, and people are cowering in fear inside their homes, waiting for the nightmare to end. How is A1 Foundation Crack Repair balancing the need to provide important services like foundation crack repair and basement waterproofing, while ensuring the fears of their customers are being addressed?
When a person goes to the emergency room with an issue, the nurse usually does a lot of Q&A on their medical history and the issue at hand to determine what is really happening. Sometimes a person comes in for one reason and it turns out that something completely different is going on. The Crackman explains how he does a similar line of inquiry when someone calls him about a leaking foundation.
The Crackman has been receiving some regular calls where people are complaining that their Foundation Walls, walls that have been pristine for years, are suddenly showing signs of cracks. One can imagine the first sign of cracks is cause for concern...people worrying that their house is about to crumble down. Rich explains how foundation wall cracks can suddenly appear after 20 years and what can be done about them.
In this episode, we have Crack Daddy, Adam with us to talk about a particularly pesky basement water problem a lot of people contact him about. Adam explains how freezing water around your home's sill plate can cause basement water problems.
We have covered a wide variety of interesting case studies on this podcast. This episode covers one that was pretty out there. Take a quick listen.
In this episode, Rich, shares a crazy case study about a video that Crack Daddy, Adam, sent over. If we didn't know any better, we'd think they were trying to fill a swimming pool with the volume of water streaming into the basement. The customer was grateful that A1 Foundation Crack Repair was able to save them from sinking.
In this episode, Crack Daddy himself, Adam Tracy, shares a case study on a pretty gnarly basement wall crack problem. The blog has pictures of these cracks so be sure to visit https://www.a1foundationcrackrepair.com/foundation-crack-repair-basement-waterproofing-blog to see them.
This episode is an important reminder of how to properly deal with outside faucets in the winter.
We know that bulkheads are those access points from the outside that allow you to get into your basement. Anyone who's seen a movie about tornados in the midwest have seen people scrambling to get into their cellar via the bulkhead before the tornado blows their home away. The Crackman has been getting a lot of calls lately about people having leaky bulkheads. Rich explains why basement bulkheads sometimes leak and what can be done about it.
In this episode we have Crack Daddy leading the discussion, and foundation crack repair during the winter is a key discussion point as most masonry businesses wrap it up when the temps drop below the acceptable curing temperature for concrete and mortar. How is it that A1 Foundation Crack Repair is able to keep busy doing concrete repair even in the winter? Adam explains how they can do masonry repairs even during the cold winter months.
Fall always presents unique basement water problems. You have heavy rains, tons of leaves, lower temps....what's the best thing a homeowner can do to prepare for Fall?
In this episode, we are joined again by Adam Tracy. Adam describes a really bad problem where the growth of a tree next to a foundation wall was threatening to destroy it.
Joyce Kilmer once wrote: I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree. But when that tree is destroying your foundation, all you can think about is grabbing a chainsaw and whacking that sucker down. In this episode, Rich explains how a tree can destroy a home's foundation and what you can do to professionally address the issue.
Nobody wants to think of their Home and Basement as a habitat for critters, but how are they finding their way into the house? In this episode, A1 Crack's Adam Tracy explains how critters are getting in basements and what can be done about it.
In this episode, we have Adam Tracy joining us to talk about some very interesting issues he has dealt with concerning garage floors pulling away from foundation walls.
