How much livable space is hiding underneath your home?

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Learn how TerraFirma can repair your home’s foundation, basement, or crawl space by visiting GoTerraFirma.com […]

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How Snow Melt Affects Your Home’s Foundation

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Snow doesn’t happen often in the Pacific Northwest, but when it does, everything from roads to your home’s foundation is affected by it. With recent snowfall totals reaching up to 10-15 inches in some parts of Oregon, now is the time to think about what will happen to all of that melted snow and how will it […]

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Basement Waterproofing – Why Should You Waterproof Your Basement?

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Don’t let water into your home this rain season! Trust TerraFirma to keep your home safe, dry and stable by having us waterproof your basement! […]

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Basement Waterproofing – The Stack Effect

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With no barrier between you and your crawl space, musty odors (or worse) get drawn into your living area due to natural convection, also known as the STACK EFFECT. Do you know what’s hiding in your crawl space? Learn how TerraFirma can repair your home’s foundation, basement, or crawl space by visiting GoTerraFirma.com […]

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Why Your Crawl Space or Basement Leaks When it Rains

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Living in the Pacific Northwest means you need to have a strong tolerance for rain, but sometimes, that rain can cause you stress by leaking into your basement or crawl space. If you have puddles on your basement floor or a poorly maintained crawl space that floods every time it rains, you’re not alone. Many […]

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The Most Common Sources for Water Leaks

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Living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest has its perks, but having to deal with water damage in your basement or crawl space because of frequent rainfall isn’t one of them. But constant rain isn’t the only way your home can suffer from water damage. Not just because of a leaky pipe or a broken gutter, […]

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The 7 Worst Problems to Have in Your Basement

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If your basement is unfinished, it’s probably not a place where you want to spend a lot of time. And if you have a crawl space, you probably don’t spend any time in there unless there’s a problem, like a plumbing leak. Even if you don’t plan to use your basement as living space or […]

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Commercial Solutions – Repair your crumbling foundation walls with NuWal!

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✅ Retrofit ✅ Reinforce ✅ Restore  TerraFirma’s NuWal system is an innovative, high-strength steel wall system engineered to solve your bowed, cracked, or failing foundation walls. Learn how TerraFirma can repair your home’s foundation, basement, or crawl space by visiting GoTerraFirma.com […]

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5 Stains You Should Look Out For on Your Basement Walls

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Unfinished basements can be an eyesore, but for those of us who use basements for laundry and storage, looks aren’t important. That is, except for when ugly and suspicious stains begin to appear on our basement walls. In this two-part blog series, we’ll examine what every stain means in your basement. Chipping and Flaking Materials […]

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Basement Waterproofing – VaporWall Barrier Installation

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Given the wet northwest environment we live in, waterproofing your basement is essential to protecting your home from water damage. For unfinished basements, our VaporLoc Wall Barrier prevents moisture, mold growth, and is backed by a 25-year warranty.  […]

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