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newbiePA
01-22-08, 02:22 PM
Hello, just bought a house, its below a water table so the basement is a little damp. I cleaned out the french drain, drylocked the floors and walls. But the bottom of the walls weep. What can I do" Please help!!
so-elitecrete
01-23-08, 03:56 PM
there's not much you can do other'n installing a water management system inside the house & mechanically removing the collected water via a sump & pump,,, even then, hydraulic pressure can force wtr UP thru the floor,,, drylock mtls won't solve this problem,,, IF you've already got a sub-floor sys, it may be plugg'd w/silt &/or the blocks may not've been drill'd so the collect'd wtr can run into the drain.
Michael Thomas
01-23-08, 05:45 PM
Also, make sure you have decent control of surface water:
http://paragoninspects.com/visual-guide-to-wet-basements.html
http://paragoninspects.com/visual-guide-to-wet-basements.html
so-elitecrete
01-24-08, 06:50 AM
w/o even looking at the link, here's what's happen'd over the yrs,,, 1st, the 4 basic rules of wtr: 1, runs downhill; 2, seeks its own level; 3, rushes to fill a void; & 4, usually winds up in basements.
that wtr's been running downhill for yrs,,, in its search, its develop'd many underground passages thru soft ground ( backfill ),,, from there on, a basement's like a boat's hull - sitting in a pond.
always been that way & will til water rules change,,, yes, of course, all surface wtr should be divert'd but doing it now won't change existing conditions,,, bt, dt for 10 yrs professionally.
that wtr's been running downhill for yrs,,, in its search, its develop'd many underground passages thru soft ground ( backfill ),,, from there on, a basement's like a boat's hull - sitting in a pond.
always been that way & will til water rules change,,, yes, of course, all surface wtr should be divert'd but doing it now won't change existing conditions,,, bt, dt for 10 yrs professionally.
so-elitecrete
01-24-08, 06:54 AM
decent work,,, but -------------------