product endorsement for leaky basements

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I'm a basement shop guy too. Its a walk out so I can drag in all sorts of projects. Got one huge crack that really leaks. i'll give this stuff a try.

Karl

I hope it works as well as mine seems to have done. One comment, if the crack is really narrow, hair thin, at the bottom, I probably should have used a small masonry bit to drill into the crack just near the very bottom (where the leak is, of course) to allow the sealer to flow deeper into the crack. Then, you'd put the injection port right over the drilled hole. But, anyway, we had another big thunderstorm this morning, and it is still holding.

I'm a HAPPY camper! I HATE leaky basements, with all the stuff I have there.

Jon

The process that seams to work best up here is one where they drill into the crack at an angle, so the bore catches the crack about mid-wall. They inject a resin - I think it is a poly-urethane - not sure - and it fills the crack from the center out, both ways with an expanding and somewhat flexible material that REALLY sticks to the concrete.

A house is not a submarine. If it is sitting in a wet area with improper drainage, water from outside will find its way in.

I had a leaky basement too. That house was next to a river. Sold it and got one on a hill, with proper drainage. No more leaky basement.

This house had been tight, but during really heavy rains (like

The house is somewhat U shaped, with the U facing toward the uphill grade. That probably is a bit of a mistake.

Jon

The other way to solve the issue is to make a "dam" of silicone sealant around the room near the walls.. Something like

Works well!

you sort of have a point here about floods not really being too surprising.

Here in Chicago if you're the lowest point on the block and your drains are clogged, you're going to flood and that's that.

People still get shocked by this when it happens over, and over, and over again.

Any place with a sump pit is also a warning the place has and will flood again.

I have a sump pit in my house, and it never floods. The sump does work during rains.

I won't buy a house that needs a sump pump. Period. If your sump pump fails, what happens??? The house floods. When does power fail? During storms. When does the sump pump run? During storms.

Nor would I buy a house below street level. Both the driveway and landscaping funnel water toward the house.

We had a house in Midland, Michigan for 9 years, built in the '70's. No sump, and it didn't flood in a major flood in the early '90's, when probably 80% of the houses did. ALL new construction in Midland after that was required to have a sump in the basement.

We did finally get a leak, fixed by excavating and renewing the waterproofing on the outside. That was to put the place on the market.

No basements here in Texas. I miss the space, but not the worry. And now that we built a shop, I don't miss the space.

Pete Keillor

Not buying a house with a sump pump pretty well guarantees you won't be buying below street level ---1+1+1+3

Well that is a simple minded approach. On the other hand how much does a generator that will run the sump pump cost? 1+1+1=0

Dan

the fact that you need to pump out water is a sign of poor location, design or construction in the first place.

So now you need a generator to run a pump or your place floods? Sounds half-assed, like a roof that leaks and falls apart if gets wet or something like that- "just install a heater and fans to keep it from falling apart like a wet paper towel".

Unless you live in a gigantic building with basements going down many stories you should not need a sump pump, unless the place is just poorly situated and built.

I have a great finished basement. Always dry, well lit, friendly to kids and adults.

Two sump pumps, one 110v and one has a 12v battery backup. Also a generator, if necessary, to run the whole house.

The pumps are connected to separate pipes to spit out the water, for extra safety and simplicity. No check valves, "Y" valves etc.

The pumps only work in rainy weather.

Not really. Snowstorms, for instance, don't quickly raise the ground water level. A proper sump is a foot or two below your basement floor, so water removal need only be reliable enough that ground water doesn't rise that far before power is restored.

Take a look. Pretty interesting.

H&S

Wonder why movies need to gross $200 Million? This is just amazing!!!!! A railroad built from the ground up, including rolling stock,

? for the movie The Lone Ranger.

The train set was built in NM.

This is worth watching!!!!!

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I was replying to Larry's comment that he would not buy a house with a sump pump because the power might fail. Buying a generator is an easy fix for power failures. They are not only good for sump pumps , but also for refr igerators , lights and other things.

I certainly would not hesitate to buy a house with a sump pump if that was the only problem with the house.

Dan