Warm and dry basement living space begins with keeping the basement dry—duh. All moisture from outside must be directed away from the interior walls and slab.

A mashup of various footage shot for the Rapacious Creditor series

... but were afraid to Google it

Forget about the turtles, look at the tile

Repairing a cracked and sinking concrete pool patio and it's adjoining concrete slab walkway by injecting high-density foam under it

Two videos showing how to convert the layout rectangle into a concrete patio with a paver border, and adding concrete piers as a foundation

Furring the inside of masonry walls makes room for wires and can significantly improve the R-value

Living in what you can afford to build—until you can afford to build more. In places where mortgages are not readily available, people use the layaway plan.They lay away money, and then they build their plans.

After the concrete is poured and floated, it has to set up for a while before it is ready to be worked on.

First smooth the surface with a magnesium trowel, then finish it with multiple passes of a steel trowel.

How to pour and finish a slab in 2.5 minutes.