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How do I fix this basement leak?
On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 20:49:03 -0700, "Bob F"
wrote: wrote: On Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:53:05 -0700, "Bob F" wrote: bob haller wrote: On Apr 27, 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 its really not possible to seal water out, a basement is not a tub...... think interior french drain with sump pump. then try to seal the hole And replace below grade wood with concrete or something. As designed and built, easier to just keep all wood above ground - which is the normal way of building (with the exception of PTW foundations - which (thankfully) never caught on. From the pictures, it doesn't appear to me to meet that standard. I'd say somebody backfilled and built up the back yard after the inspection was done - someone who didn't have much of a clue what they were doing. |
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