There are a number of techniques you can employ to dry a wet basement and avoid it getting wet in the first place.

"Eighty-five percent of wet basements come from the roof."

Most commonly, this is done in response to a wet basement or right before performing a basement finishing.

Chronically damp or wet basements are a common problem.

What, then, should a homeowner with a wet basement do?

What about a wet basement?

So the people with wet basements now know: "Oh, my house is where the swamp was."

The smell was like a musty wet basement that had been closed for years.

"Those are two things you can do right now that could mean the difference between a wet basement and a dry one," she said.

With the wet basements at the library, the mold has probably found a nutrient source in Sheetrock.