Float Left Spacing

Question

I've got a collection of points that I'm displaying, I'm floating them all left, but if the text is too much in the one above it forces there to be a space appear. Can't figure out what's causing this, does anyone have any ideas?

HTML:

<div class="all-the-screen checkmark-move">
        <div class="contain-inner">
            <div class="checkmark-outer">

                <div class="checkmark-33"><div class="fa-stack fa-1x checkmark-icon"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x icon-background"></i><i class="fa fa-check fa-stack-1x icon-text"></i></div><div class="checkmark-inner">Water Included</div></div>
                <div class="checkmark-33"><div class="fa-stack fa-1x checkmark-icon"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x icon-background"></i><i class="fa fa-check fa-stack-1x icon-text"></i></div><div class="checkmark-inner">Gas Included</div></div>
                <div class="checkmark-33"><div class="fa-stack fa-1x checkmark-icon"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x icon-background"></i><i class="fa fa-check fa-stack-1x icon-text"></i></div><div class="checkmark-inner">Electric Included</div></div>
                <div class="clearfix"></div>
                <div class="read-more-show noselect">Show More</div>         
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>

CSS:

.checkmark-outer {
    width:92%;
    margin-left:4%;
    margin-right:4%;
}
.checkmark-move {
    margin-top:18px;
}
.checkmark-inner {
    overflow: hidden;
    font-family: 'Source Sans Pro Regular';
    line-height:24px;
    vertical-align: middle;
    padding-left:4px;
    padding-right:20px;
    padding-top:4px;
}
.checkmark-33 {
    width:33.33%;
    float:left;
    margin-bottom:6px;
}
.checkmark-icon {
    float:left;
}
.icon-background {
    color: #8d1e22;
}

.icon-text {
    color: #ffffff;
}

Problem getting

Answer 1

Okay, since you are already familiar with the clearfix concept, you are using it wrong. Change your code this way, to include the floated elements inside the .clearfix:

<div class="clearfix">
  <div class="checkmark-33"><div class="fa-stack fa-1x checkmark-icon"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x icon-background"></i><i class="fa fa-check fa-stack-1x icon-text"></i></div><div class="checkmark-inner">Water Included</div></div>
  <div class="checkmark-33"><div class="fa-stack fa-1x checkmark-icon"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x icon-background"></i><i class="fa fa-check fa-stack-1x icon-text"></i></div><div class="checkmark-inner">Gas Included</div></div>
  <div class="checkmark-33"><div class="fa-stack fa-1x checkmark-icon"><i class="fa fa-circle fa-stack-2x icon-background"></i><i class="fa fa-check fa-stack-1x icon-text"></i></div><div class="checkmark-inner">Electric Included</div></div>
</div>

Adding height is a hacky way. Use the clearfix properly to nest the floated items.

And also on a side note, use <i> tag to display icons and not <div> tags. It works, but it is not semantically correct. A <div> should be used only for a division or a section.

Answer 2

Give min-height to each checkmark wrap i.e in your case .checkmark-33

Example-

.checkmark-33{min-height:50px /*This should be the max-height of your longest checkmark*/}