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There's a good chance that your crawl space is like most others: dirty, musty, damp and gross. There are systems designed to line crawl spaces and keep the elements out of your home. Lou visits one such project by Perma-Seal.

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During the Calm Before the Storm…

I think we all learn from bad storms that we can do more to be better prepared in the event that severe weather knocks out utilities to our homes for long periods of time. With storms like Katrina all anyone can do is get out of the way. But it seems like rain storms, ice [...]
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