voshki wrote:
Hi there,
We moved to a 6 years old home two years. It is a traditional home
with finished basement. During the home inspection, the inspector
told us to re-grading the back of my house.

But I never pay attention to it, until recent hurricane and heavy
rainfall made a slight seepage in the basement. The seepage is small
and it at the bottom of the block wall, close the foundation.

After prolonged rain, I can see the mark on the dirt that is evident
that the gutter is over-flowing. I talked to several local
construction companies and they suggesting the one of the following
options,

1. Clean the gutter and wait unit the next rain to see if it solves
the problem [$75]

Cleaning gutters is a regular maintenance item for many people. If the
gutters clog, and it looks like yours are, then you need to do it on
regular schedule. I would not bet on it fixing the problem, but it does
need to be done.


2. Paint the basement block walls inside with sure-lock (kind of
water/moisture proof) [$$$]

Waste of time and money. Might look nice though. It might even slow it
up for a while, maybe.


3. Re-grading [$800]

This is the one you know you need and you were just hoping the others
would work. Don't waste you money with the the paint.


4. Water-proof the foundation walls from the outside and re-grade
[$2,800]

This one will work, but I doubt if you need it all. Time will tell.
The inspector should know local conditions and have a better idea of how
your basement walls were constructed to begin with than anyone here. I
would say you likely will be able to pass on this one.


I couldn't decide which option(s) to pick. Please advice me.

Thanks

PS: The first option seems to me cheap and quick. I am not interested
in doing the second option because it is not really solving the
problem, besides it is very much temporary. The fourth option is
something that I don't want to do it now, because it is expensive.

I am thinking that do the gutter cleaning (1) and the re-grading (3).
Since the inspector already told me to do so. But I am not sure.

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Joseph Meehan

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