Q: The concrete walk in the corner of our L-shaped house has settled to a slope of 3 or 4 inches. The slope causes rain water to seep into the crawl space. Can we top this walk with a thin layer of ...

Q:In an earlier column you offered some solutions for sloping floors on an old home with a foundation ("Old home's sloping floors aren't easily fixed," Dec. 28), but we are unsure what to do with the ...

The crawl space and basement foundation should be inspected for signs of flooding. Any water that has collected next to the foundation should be removed as soon as possible. Water left in the crawl ...