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Hydraulic cement & basement leak
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 |
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Buck writes:
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? Think of your basement wall and floor as a leaky boat in a pond. Do you really think mashing a little cement into dirty, old corners is going to stop your boat from leaking? There is no special "hydraulic" cement. All portland cement is hydraulic. That label is just a way to sell it at exorbitant prices to suckers. |
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On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:07:35 -0400, "Buck"
wrote: 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. |
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On Apr 18, 3:32�pm, Goedjn wrote:
On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:07:35 -0400, "Buck" wrote: 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 text - - Show quoted text - 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? |
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Will the cement smell bad enough to send my wife away for a night or two? Thanks! Kevin We can say yes if you want her gone for two nights or would you like more? |
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wrote in message oups.com... On Apr 18, 3:32?pm, Goedjn wrote: On Wed, 18 Apr 2007 13:07:35 -0400, "Buck" wrote: 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 text - - Show quoted text - 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. |
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The proper cure is surface grading outside your house, water or
damp proofing on the outside of the wall, and a French drain properly run on the outside of the house. All that being said, you may have some success with a product called Xypex. It grows crystals in the voids in concrete. Concrete is not waterproof, this product makes it more water resistant. If the cracks are hairline, it may help. I would not spend the time to install water-plug concrete on the inside - a bit like the little Dutch boy holding his finger in the dam. It doesn't cost much to try it on the inside and it might be successful, though I would not expect it to be a permanent solution. It is excellent technology on the outside, but I would still plan on water/damp proofing. http://www.xypex.com/ ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) "Buck" wrote in message ... 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 |
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