I recently bought a house. Along the front exterior wall, the former owners had build up a rock wall flower bed. It was about 1.5 ft high, 26 ft long and 2 ft out from the wall and filled with dirt. Though they had placed plastic between the dirt and the exterior wall, I was suspicious. I dug out...

I am in a wheelchair and building a new home. I would like to raise the grade above my sill plate and ribbon board to help level out my lot. What can I put on the sill plate and ribbon board to protect it from rotting out since it would be in contact with the ground?

Since my engineer changed my shear wall spec's, I need to change a 2X4 sill plate to a 3X4 (or 4X4) dimension. My problem is that all the anchor bolts and hold-downs are in place along with an installed cripple wall. My thought was to add wood epox to the existing 2X4 sill plate to get to the...

On a recent home inspection the inspector noted wood damage to a section of the sill plate at the font wall of the basement near the base of the stairs; replacing the damaged wood is advised. Can you replace a sill plate or a section of the sill plate in a home that's 64 years old?

When building a structure, what are the pro's and con's of a pressure treated treated sill plate and a bottom "Shoe". I have heard that I should use just the sill plate, and others say put another plate on top of that one.. I am wit's end as I need to have this built ina few weeks and before I...