Dealing With a Faulty Basement Slab

Bulrush is watching as his new home is being built, and things went only as far as the basement slab before problems cropped up.

“The slab has multiple issues, both errors and general poor-quality work,” Bulrush writes in this recent Q&A post. “I’m looking for opinions on how serious the various issues are, whether mitigation options exist, and whether

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Tips for successful advisor marketing

Tips for successful advisor marketingBy Jim Augustus Armstrong—A recent poll by the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics shows that a majority of Americans feel the federal government is corrupt and rigged against them. The poll revealed two-thirds of Republicans and Independents feel this way as well as 51% of Democrats. However, this massive loss of trust isn’t limited to the government. It extends

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Business Insider: How to set up your business to

Business Insider: How to set up your business to

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Last month I wrote about how selling your business is a bad investment and highlighted alternative strategies to grow your business wealth. This article shows how to set up your business to run itself day-to-day so you can retire in place. Use this five-point program as a checklist:

1. Build the foundation

The first step is to

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Top Programming Languages 2022 – IEEE Spectrum

As Verne understood, the U.S. Civil War (during which
60,000 amputations were performed) inaugurated the modern prosthetics era in the United States, thanks to federal funding and a wave of design patents filed by entrepreneurial prosthetists. The two World Wars solidified the for-profit prosthetics industry in both the United States and Western Europe, and the ongoing War on Terror helped

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How To Paint A Garage Door

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An outdated garage door can affect the decor and make your house look shabby. But the best concrete paints can help with this. 

Give your garage doors a new look by painting them in a

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Water Management Below Grade – Fine Homebuilding


Water Management Below Grade – Fine Homebuilding

Planning for moisture control is integral to the success of a comfortable and energy-efficient home. To manage water below grade, we applied Tremco’s line of water management and drainage system products to the foundation.

Tuff-N-Dri, Tremco’s spray-applied sealant that replaces traditional damp-proofing, was applied to the exterior foundation walls at a 60-mil thickness. When it cures out, it’s closer

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