On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 10:43:29 AM UTC-4, wrote:
On Mon, 26 Jun 2017 03:53:24 -0700 (PDT), DerbyDad03
wrote:

On Monday, June 26, 2017 at 6:43:40 AM UTC-4, Dean Hoffman wrote:
On 6/25/17 1:53 PM, leza wang wrote:
Hi

The floor of my basement use to be covered by a carpet and underneath it a vinyl tiles. I removed both of them. I am not sure what the floor is made from. Not sure if it is cement of something else. My house was build in 1926.
I took a picture of this floor. you can see it here
http://tinypic.com/r/243nccm/9
My question, do you know from that pic which kind of floor is that (cement or something else). Also any recommendation how to keep it nice. Any material I can put it to clean it, make it better looking, shining etc. I had to remove both the carpet and vinyl because of the water.
Thanks a lotl.
The water problem might be something simple. Does all the
ground surrounding the house slope away from the house? It could have
settled over the years. Even a few inches right against the foundation
will matter.

How would a grading issue only cause melting snow water to enter the basement
but not heavy rain water? I'm not saying it's not a grading issue, just curious as to
how it would cause the symptoms that Leza is experiencing.
The eaves troughs direct rainfall from the roof away, and thawied
ground lets water spak away - frozen ground does not let the water get
away, and water pools against the foundation where there is no frost
due to poorly insulated foundation. Common problem. grade away from
the house and very good chance the problem goes away.

I think we may have a winner here. It makes sense.