Benson Dwelling

Benson Dwelling

Hi.. We are Paul & Kristy Benson aka Benson Dwelling. We are all things interior design, DIY, home renovation and home lifestyle. Join us as we renovate and design our mountain A-frame cabin and our City short term rental properties as we take them from drab to fab. We are The DIYnamic Duo packin' punches every Sat Morning at 10am EST.
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Building an A Frame Roof

Building an A Frame Roof

Building an A Frame Floor

Building an A Frame Floor

Welcome to Benson Dwelling!

Welcome to Benson Dwelling!

DIY TABLE LAMP BASE

DIY TABLE LAMP BASE

DIY Table Lamp Shade

DIY Table Lamp Shade

DIY Coffee Table

DIY Coffee Table

DIY Boho Mirror

DIY Boho Mirror

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  • @Allie-rabbit
    @Allie-rabbitАй бұрын

    ❤️ this! SO pretty

  • @Allie-rabbit
    @Allie-rabbitАй бұрын

    LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!! ❤ Hope to see more content soon!

  • @bossbo88
    @bossbo88Ай бұрын

    What a lot of money for water still coming in through external cracks in the foundation. Should have dug a hole outside!

  • @leahr.2620
    @leahr.26202 ай бұрын

    Big mistake, the concrete floor ties the foundation and the footer together to keep foundation from bowing.

  • @skyhighactiondrones5453
    @skyhighactiondrones54533 ай бұрын

    Does nothing to solve the problem.

  • @exxodas
    @exxodas4 ай бұрын

    French drains are a scam. A lot of basement damp can be resolved with regrading the land around your property and maintaining your rain gutters.

  • @AllEyezOnJack
    @AllEyezOnJack6 ай бұрын

    Does anyone know the average cost ?

  • @newboyzfiend94
    @newboyzfiend947 ай бұрын

    So you can cover the french drain with concrete? I have french drains in my basement but they did not finish it with concrete, the channel is visible.

  • @businessraptor134
    @businessraptor1347 ай бұрын

    Catching the water after it gets through the wall...... hmmmm. gutters, a membrane and stone all been done already on the outside? Few sketchy things going on in this video. 1, cutting the entire foundation wall off of the slab all at the same time. Thought that was really bad to do. 2 that type of tube sealed in cement seems like it would have a short lifespan and be costly to repair. 3 did they pour the cement right onto the tube? So hows it gunna let water in after the cement clogs all the holes? Lastly dosent the ribs on the pipe mean you will constantly have standing water in every single one? I would think that would rot that cheap pipe out faster and smell musty shortly after installation

  • @A.AofSpades
    @A.AofSpades7 ай бұрын

    To make it look more presentable ; prior to Jack hammering the old concrete make a cut so it looks like a control joint after finishing

  • @duhquadman
    @duhquadman2 ай бұрын

    Never cut it. The rough edge helps the new crete bund with the old crete. Cutting makes it crack over time

  • @bull2808
    @bull28088 ай бұрын

    The basement floor slab is no longer resting on the footing like it should. Isn’t that a bad thing?

  • @harryknuckles3667
    @harryknuckles36679 ай бұрын

    Sealing it with concrete just opened up another can of worms. Yikes

  • @reddye2331
    @reddye23319 ай бұрын

    If there isn’t basically same system on the other side of the wall then this is totally wrong and backwards as hell. Object of this game is to keep water from A. Not coming into ur basement to prevent damage. When coming into basement then rerouting it elsewhere it’s already penetrated the foundation walls causing damage. Yeah maybe u have relived some of the Hydrostatic pressure off the basement walls yet the most powerful thing in nature is still eating away at ur investment and it is eating the no.1 most critical part of any house/building’s structure. If u don’t have a good foundation then u have nothing and pretty much it’s all just lipsticking a pig from there on out.

  • @sweetybean1
    @sweetybean19 ай бұрын

    Did they put plastic inside you attic to fix your leaking roof? Absolutely stupid. Go outside and fix it the right way.

  • @blujay9030
    @blujay90309 ай бұрын

    cost?

  • @rlopez18m
    @rlopez18m10 ай бұрын

    What if our basement doesn’t have a footer???

  • @rickydeoliveira5927
    @rickydeoliveira592711 ай бұрын

    How do they service the system? No clean outs in the pipe to flush out.

  • @joshastana849
    @joshastana8492 ай бұрын

    They are there they just didnt show it

  • @Superhunan
    @Superhunan11 ай бұрын

    The chiseled edge makes my skin crawl, especially after finishing the concrete, snap a line, cut that shit straight. You don’t have to go all the way through the slab, just and inch or two. Nice clean finished edge.

  • @Edward-sb5zk
    @Edward-sb5zk11 ай бұрын

    Don't forget stripping and re-sealing the treads and painting the stair skirting, who did that part?

  • @freddywilder4963
    @freddywilder496311 ай бұрын

    That's pretty stupid, must have been hurting for work. And just made something up, looks like.

  • @freddywilder4963
    @freddywilder496311 ай бұрын

    How's the water gonna enter if everything's Covered in concrete.

  • @mr.latteandmore
    @mr.latteandmore11 ай бұрын

    I love the pink theme going on! It's so pretty! Actually, love all of your color themes! 😃This is so entertaining!

  • @mr.latteandmore
    @mr.latteandmore11 ай бұрын

    Love this!

  • @mr.latteandmore
    @mr.latteandmore11 ай бұрын

    I would kill the spider, lol.

  • @barira2995
    @barira2995 Жыл бұрын

    what did you use for the base, I see one slat going across

  • @moonwolf3378
    @moonwolf3378 Жыл бұрын

    Water is an acid and erodes. It should never be allowed inside but if you cannot help it, you can use a temporary solution indoors until you can invest in the real culprits outdoors. But indeed this is temporary

  • @GreenBuildingNetwork
    @GreenBuildingNetwork Жыл бұрын

    Water is an acid?

  • @In_time
    @In_time Жыл бұрын

    Water erodes. It is not an acid. (It’s technically neutral 🤫)

  • @moonwolf3378
    @moonwolf3378 Жыл бұрын

    Water is amphoteric…water has H atoms that can be donated as H+ ions and thus act as an acid, and it also has lone pair electrons that can accept an H+ and act as a base…so you are indeed correct, it is neutral at the ph level but it has properties that can make it act like an acid…there’s an old saying So much is the water dripping on the rock that it eventually makes a hole…Also, I grow plants, Mary Jane and during the last two weeks of watering the plants, you water with pure water that has no feed or anything at all. After those final two weeks, you cut the plant and put it to dry in a slow controlled manner so that it can cure…during those weeks the water slowly evaporates sweeping away all of the byproducts left behind by anaerobic bacteria eating the chlorophyll. It is precisely the acid traits of water that come into play here to help drag away debris as it dries. So water is a very flexible liquid that can most definitely act and become an acid when it comes through your stone in your home eroding it quicker than normal.

  • @GreenBuildingNetwork
    @GreenBuildingNetwork Жыл бұрын

    @@moonwolf3378 so I think saying it’s acidic is misleading. MAYBE one could say it’s corrosive (although erosive would be the better term)…. I caught my nephew barking the other day, but that doesn’t make him a dog…

  • @moonwolf3378
    @moonwolf3378 Жыл бұрын

    @@GreenBuildingNetwork I did not intend to mislead you or even lead you at all… but the acid like quality is precisely what erodes and in the context of water invading your basement, passing through stone over and again, it is indeed an acid you do not want…water’s fluidity and nature can make it be basic and acid…water in your basement, as it evaporates, will erode with it’s acidic properties…so when a grow master told me Water is an Acid, I didn’t sit there and get all corny about the semantics, I researched it and found that indeed it is, at times, an acid…I understood the point that water can be helpful as well as harmful. And when it’s harmful, it’s an acid. It lead me in the right direction. I now wear gloves when I wash my car or dishes and use lemon in my water to aid in neutralizing it for my body, and do not wash my hair every single day…I could go on but hopefully you get the point.

  • @moonwolf3378
    @moonwolf3378 Жыл бұрын

    Why use perforated pipe to then pour concrete over it? And then make impossible to diagnose and repair in the future.

  • @WanderleiSilva29
    @WanderleiSilva2911 ай бұрын

    Lol i was going to say the same thing….

  • @MelindaWarren-rq2be
    @MelindaWarren-rq2be Жыл бұрын

    You can not use that type of gravel or fix a water issue from the outside alone, you all have no idea what you are talking about or doing and it shows.😬

  • @grandtheftauto1233
    @grandtheftauto1233 Жыл бұрын

    Interior water systems are a huge scam sorry for your loss

  • @MelindaWarren-rq2be
    @MelindaWarren-rq2be Жыл бұрын

    No they are not if done the right way, this is not the correct way and will not fix the issue.

  • @grandtheftauto1233
    @grandtheftauto1233 Жыл бұрын

    @@MelindaWarren-rq2be allowing any water to still flow behind the outside of the wall will erode the materials. Capturing it inside will never correct that true issue.

  • @amberdawn7011
    @amberdawn7011 Жыл бұрын

    This is amazing 😍 thank you!!!

  • @jeanettemccrary2572
    @jeanettemccrary2572 Жыл бұрын

    No spacers to maintain original integrity 😢

  • @sesshoumarulover
    @sesshoumarulover Жыл бұрын

    If anyone is considering doing this with an old mattress pls first make sure that yours doesn't have fiber glass in it, it's actually very common in foam mattress

  • @808kto
    @808kto Жыл бұрын

    Are you going to show part two?

  • @HarryHov
    @HarryHov Жыл бұрын

    That looks horrible

  • @boobee2005
    @boobee2005 Жыл бұрын

    How much it cost?

  • @colourful64able
    @colourful64able Жыл бұрын

    Cartoon ends at 2:11

  • @alexpeguero38
    @alexpeguero38 Жыл бұрын

    That’s exactly the kind of job I did in my basement. Expecting a big storm this weekend in ny so looking forward on seeing how effective it it

  • @CC-wp6ni
    @CC-wp6ni9 ай бұрын

    How's it going?

  • @alexpeguero38
    @alexpeguero389 ай бұрын

    @@CC-wp6ni amazing! Worth getting this job done. No issues with water in the basement and no longer worried about heavy rainfall. Find the right company and get several quotes if this work needs to get done

  • @CC-wp6ni
    @CC-wp6ni9 ай бұрын

    @@alexpeguero38 thank for reply. i do have to get this done.

  • @nvbrit
    @nvbrit Жыл бұрын

    i loved the part where she told us why we shouldnt cut fiberglass mattresses

  • @keithyoung7381
    @keithyoung7381 Жыл бұрын

    This method will keep your basement smelling/feeling damp. The root cause of the problem is on the outside. Not inside

  • @hmg8915
    @hmg89156 ай бұрын

    Yes, of course it comes from outside. Not everyone has the cash for a job like that..

  • @keithyoung7381
    @keithyoung73816 ай бұрын

    I dont see it costing that much more. Theres only one way to fix something. The right way. There will still be hydrostatic pressure eating away at the exterior of the foundation.

  • @hmg8915
    @hmg89156 ай бұрын

    @@keithyoung7381 don't see it costing much more🤣🤣 more than double probably more than like triple..

  • @anxiousbear6840
    @anxiousbear68404 ай бұрын

    ​@keithyoung7381 as I do agree it should be done right there are more than one way to do things. Drain tile on the outside costs upward of $15000 on average. This on the other hand can be a reliable solutions to basements that don't have a large amount of seepage and will not cost more than $6000 ( on average )and I'm high balling.

  • @keithyoung7381
    @keithyoung73814 ай бұрын

    @@anxiousbear6840 I see what you are saying. But should someone replace wet insulation without first sealing a compromised roof? The only way is the right way. If said customer has to spend the 15k later on anyway which they will, than why waste 6k. The problem is a buildup of hydrostatic water pressure on the exterior foundation wall in most cases. So the foundation is still being degraded. This is usually due to where the house is positioned because the soil surrounding the house is not as dense as the soil further out. Way to many cases for people having to re-due this kind of work. We did ours ourselves. We excavated dirt surrounding foundation, tarred the walls and installed delta MS, drain tile and a sump system on our 50's house. It had cost a total of 6k CAD, without our labor of course. Not a single drop of water in our basement since work done. Been 2.5 years. I think all this could be done for 15k by a crew of 2. I think this is the way to go.

  • @Rubirosa169
    @Rubirosa169 Жыл бұрын

    Reading the comments I saw about 50 different ways to do it lol everyone's a pro on KZread lol

  • @violagobea5795
    @violagobea57955 ай бұрын

    🙄😳😣🥺

  • @MissMatch1234
    @MissMatch1234Ай бұрын

    So...why you wasting everyones time for, then😅😅😂

  • @jenniferoutlaw416
    @jenniferoutlaw4162 жыл бұрын

    Can’t wait to try this!

  • @BensonDwelling
    @BensonDwelling2 жыл бұрын

    I can’t wait to hear how it goes 👏👏

  • @jenniferfry1650
    @jenniferfry16502 жыл бұрын

    So cute , and looks so easy !

  • @BensonDwelling
    @BensonDwelling2 жыл бұрын

    It really was so easy. 👏 and saved so much money on a plant tower.

  • @ericak5164
    @ericak51642 жыл бұрын

    I NEED this!!!!!

  • @BensonDwelling
    @BensonDwelling2 жыл бұрын

    It was so super easy!! You got this

  • @chelsycastlow2741
    @chelsycastlow27412 жыл бұрын

    Wow wow wow!!

  • @llllll-ux2lz
    @llllll-ux2lz2 жыл бұрын

    I would always do the exterior waterproofing before interior

  • @Hi.Im.Chucky
    @Hi.Im.Chucky5 ай бұрын

    Isn't that even more expensive?

  • @Long_May_They_Raine
    @Long_May_They_Raine2 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, the crying at the end is warranted, that couch is GORGEOUS.

  • @BensonDwelling
    @BensonDwelling2 жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh.. thank you!!! I was so overwhelmed that I did that 🤗

  • @Ur_Fave_Brunette_P4L
    @Ur_Fave_Brunette_P4L2 жыл бұрын

    That couch looks really good

  • @BensonDwelling
    @BensonDwelling2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!!!! 🥰🥰

  • @liv9413
    @liv94132 жыл бұрын

    It’s beautiful!!

  • @BensonDwelling
    @BensonDwelling2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much!! I adore it

  • @ericak5164
    @ericak51642 жыл бұрын

    I would pay good money for this 👏

  • @BensonDwelling
    @BensonDwelling2 жыл бұрын

    Me toooo.. it’s my dream couch

  • @ericak5164
    @ericak51642 жыл бұрын

    This is so fun!! I can’t wait to see how this all comes together