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Posted by terry on July 29, 2008, 11:16 am
> Man, it's been wet lately. =A0The basement on a house I own isn't exacty
> wet but it's definately damp and has that basement smell. =A0It's mostly
> concrete block that looks like it replaces the original laid up stone.
>
> From the ground level down, the old paint (which appears to be old
> Drylok) is pretty loose. =A0I'm having my teenager blow it off with a
> garden hose and a little light scraping. =A0Above grade it's in pretty
> good shape.
>
> My first thought was to scrape it down and re-drylok it. =A0It's really
> not a bad option. =A0But I was wondering what other people where doing
> and how things worked (or didn't work) for them.
The moisture, water, dampness is coming;
1) Through the wall from outside due to a) Lack of or a deteriorated
membrane on outside of wall. And/or b) Poor, or lack of weeping tile
to drain away ground water.
2) It is due to condensation on the cool basement walls, which are at
ground temperature, when warm outside and house air reach them. We
have a dehumidifier running continuously in our basement in this
weather.
Or both 1 and 2?
Without fixing the problems smearing paint or whatever on the inside
of the concrete or block walls wont' do much good!;
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