On Mar 12, 9:11 am, "gpsman" wrote:
On Mar 12, 1:46 am, "meisai" wrote:

I have an old 1910 house in Portland OR and the foundation wall is
starting to crumble away. I need to recoat it, i had a professional
come and give me an estimate but i am wondering if this is something
that can be done easily by me.

Nothing about working with cement is "easy". When concrete/cement
finally finishes "curing", it crumbles into dust.

In 1910 shortcuts could have been taken, dirty (or even beach) sand,
dirty/dusty rock. You may be seeing the end of life of your
foundation.

What are good resources or suggestions you might have. I need to keep
moisture away too. Should i just hire the professional and not get
involved if i have never done this before. The house is not big, but i
could see this being a lot of work.

You need an evaluation/estimate by a competent professional.
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- gpsman

So you suggest letting a pro team do this.
I think i might agree. What should be done to ensure life for the
foundation? it is a comong problem in oregon as they did use dirty
river rocks and sand which is the problem. Is a waterproof coat and
new skim coat enough to keep things in place?

e