On Apr 28, 12:01*pm, "CraigT" wrote:
"willshak" wrote in message

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On 4/27/2013 10:30 PM, CraigT wrote:
My walkout basement leaked a bunch of water from under the drywall right
next to my doorwall last week when we had a really hard rain storm. *I
thought it was another crack in the poured concrete walls, but to my
surprise I found an area next to the doorwall where framing on the sides
of
the doorwall extended down below grade. *I guess what ever they had
covered
this with (OSB or one by) has disintegrated in the 12 years since the
house
was built and dirt had filled in the area between the studs. When we had
that exceptionally hard rain the water got wicked up over the basement
floor
level.

Looks like I'm going to need to cover this with something fairly water
proof. *I was thinking about maybe using a piece of one by wolmanized
that I
back buttered with some foundation waterproofer tar then after I install
it
cover it with blue-skin and more waterproofer. *I really don't know.

Here are some pictures.

http://i.imgur.com/Vg6hsQI.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/5cs2glG.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/I5cvHIt.jpg

Bad design!
You must not have building inspectors where you live, or it wasn't
inspected correctly. How many more of the sills around the house are below
grade?

--
Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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Agreed.

Well, it's raining today and I noticed something that is making the problem
even worse. The perforated drainage tube that goes down to the drainage
tube, that empties into to the sump pump (then it is pumped to the pond),
well because the footing sticks out about 6" at back of the house this
drainage tube is sloped at an angle and a lot of the rain water is emptying
out of the perforations and being deposited right next to the wall.

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I have no idea that all that means and the pic doesn't
show it in context.