HI, I dont know what is on the rim, unfortunately. There is a modest amount of heat coming from a single vent near the ceiling. It is inadequate to heat the room. I had hoped that the wall and foundation insulation would be better at keeping the heat that does come into the room. I'll try to dig up what I can at the foundation. It goes down about 4 feet. What kind of waterproofing do you recommend? And what kind of rigid do you recommend? I see some corning drain-mat in another post. Should I add that and backfill w/ gravel? I appreciate the helpful comments. Thanks a bunch. This is not a good situation to be in.

Can you put a description of the problem you see under each photo? And are these problems all on the exterior of the house? Also, it is possible to post more than one photo in a posting. You need to use html coding to do that. If you are having problems doing so, you can post each photo in a different posting under this thread, just don't make each photo a separate thread. This post was edited by dekeoboe on Sun, Dec 1, 13 at 23:22

I find myself in a similar position. We hired a local company to remove a 45’ x 8’ patio slab and do stamped concrete wood plank. We even paid an additional $500 for a pumper truck to bring the concrete over the house to the back to free the two guys up to work the 9 yards of concrete. Long story short, the final product is concrete that is over stamped (rough) on one side and a light stamp on the other. There are 4 low spots against the house where water pools and sits when wet. Its a covered patio on the lowest level so I think its only a visual thing. the one stair to acess the patio tips forward and is crooked. they also over covered the release on the step so its black compared to the brown on the rest. The over all stamp job has alot of flaws smudges and drags in it but Ii can get around it. My question is this. The entire job cost $6300 and I invested 18 hours of my own time helping load old concrete, help backfill dirt and remove forms. I’m not trying to rip anyone off but what should be the penalty? I don’t feel its bad enough to rip out but God willing I’ll have 30 years that I’ll look at it and know it isn’t right. All suggestions are welcome.

Germain, Can you send me a message offline? I will send you pictures of my windows. Mine are custom wood Windows but that will give you an idea of the seals. They are not installed yet. Looking at those pictures, I see a combination of installation issues and a hack by someone. It looks like the IGU was broken and replaced. I have never seen the black plastic gasket installed like that. The third picture looks like a stationary panel and a tilt turn window but it looks wrong. The windows are installed way too close to the wall. I have seen multiple installation of European Windows and none of them look like this.