HelloI am not a building science expert but I sparingly use my air-conditioner during summer on most occasions a fan best works for me.But since fan doesn't get rid of the humidity from air inside home,would it impac...

Dear BP family,I hope all of you had wonderful holidays!!!Now back to flipping, renting, rehabbing and improving our communities.A quick question here. When I'm rehabbing/building a new bathroom, do I absolutely need ...

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I am currently under contact for my first house hack a duplex. During the inspection the inspector found structural damage to the property in the crawl space. I got a structural engineer to look at the house and ...

I just had a deck built, and ponied up for premium decking and railing. The contractor slopped a few things, including putting Vycor tape between the beams and joists. A few experienced builder friends commented that ...

Hello folks,First of all, thank you reading this post, I value everyone's feedback and I would like to see what you think about an issue my tenant called me with last night.STORY: I rent out a single family home to wo...

College Student HousingHouse is half above ground in front and level in back (back door is flush with backyard)..No water really but is damp.  Want to tile I believe. Will do entire basement in tile.  Anything else I ...

I recently purchased a 2-flat in Lincoln Square.  The basement is currently unfinished.  There's no dripping/leaking going on, but there is definitely moisture on some parts of the walls.  The parging has cracked off ...

Hello all,I have an issue with a property that has termite damage, it's under contract and had its 5-year inspection done less than 6 months ago.  The termite damage occurred about 7 feet up the wall; which is an outs...

Hey Guys,I have a 14 unit apartment building that I'm renovating. It was build in the 70's with a combination of cinder block and stick. The whole building needs to be repainted. The siding they used for the stick fra...

I have a two bedroom, two bath condo that I am updating.  It's garden level unit - actually a half way under grade with a crawl space underneath.  The bathroom fans were rattling really bad so I pulled them out and fo...