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On Apr 18, 3:32?pm, Goedjn wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:07:35 -0400, "Buck"





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Live in Southern Maine - there is currently a small stream running across
my
basement floor to the sump pump well where the drainage system is also
dumping water. The stream is coming from cracks in the poured foundation
wall where the wall meets the floor. The sump pump well & basement wall
have been dry since the last big rain event last Mother's Day so this
only
happens when we get a lot of rain in a short period of time.

Looking at hydraulic cement to stop the leak in the wall: Do I just
chisel
away at the point where the wall meets the floor to open the cracks or
can I
just press the cement in? If I do have to open the crack what is the best
method considering the area I need to repair? Will the cement smell bad
enough to send my wife away for a night or two?

Thanks!
Kevin

Better idea, put in a second sump over near where the water is coming
in. Either inside or outside, doesn't matter much which.- Hide quoted
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yeah FIX the water problem, broken bad downspout lines? clogged
gutters water spilling over gutter edge entering dirty around
foundation?

do you have a interior french drain?

Thanks to all, but I really don't think I have a real water problem. Yes, I
do have an interior french drain. The water runs down a hill behind the
house and seeps through the foundation on that side. The only time there is
ever water in the sump pump hole or coming through the walls is during a
flooding, soaking rain storm. The type of storm that washes out bridges and
roads. Otherwise my basement & the french drain system are bone dry. I was
just hoping to seal up the crack in the foundation and contain the water in
the drain system.

One very odd thing - as the water table rises the water seeps through the
foudation before it starts flowing through the french drain system. When it
drops it stops seeping through the foundation first.