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Water seeping through my bedroom brick wall. Drastic91 01-14-2007
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Posted by Glenn on January 15, 2007, 10:19 am
Everything said above is true but there are some spray on - roll
on sealers for brick that do a good job. On the outside of
course.


>
>>I live in a brick rowhome in Philadelphia, PA and I have been
>>having a
>> problem with water seeping in through the bricks on the back
>> bedroom
>> wall that is damaging the plaster and sheetrock on the walls.
>> My
>> neighbor has a gutter that needs to be fixed and the water from
>> it just
>> runs down the wall which is where I am getting my problems
>> from. I
>> will ask him to fix it, but is there anything I could do from
>> the
>> inside to stop the water from seeping in through the bricks.
>
> NO.
>


Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 15, 2007, 11:50 am
But the OP said *INSIDE*.
--


MichaelB
www.michaelbulatovich.ca

> Everything said above is true but there are some spray on - roll on
> sealers for brick that do a good job. On the outside of course.
>
>
>>
>>>I live in a brick rowhome in Philadelphia, PA and I have been having a
>>> problem with water seeping in through the bricks on the back bedroom
>>> wall that is damaging the plaster and sheetrock on the walls. My
>>> neighbor has a gutter that needs to be fixed and the water from it just
>>> runs down the wall which is where I am getting my problems from. I
>>> will ask him to fix it, but is there anything I could do from the
>>> inside to stop the water from seeping in through the bricks.
>>
>> NO.
>>
>



Posted by Glenn on January 15, 2007, 12:53 pm
Gee, we both can read.

Nothing inside will fix the problem so I speced "OUTSIDE".


> But the OP said *INSIDE*.
> --
>
>
> MichaelB
> www.michaelbulatovich.ca
>
>> Everything said above is true but there are some spray on -
>> roll on sealers for brick that do a good job. On the outside
>> of course.
>>
>>
>>>
>>>>I live in a brick rowhome in Philadelphia, PA and I have been
>>>>having a
>>>> problem with water seeping in through the bricks on the back
>>>> bedroom
>>>> wall that is damaging the plaster and sheetrock on the walls.
>>>> My
>>>> neighbor has a gutter that needs to be fixed and the water
>>>> from it just
>>>> runs down the wall which is where I am getting my problems
>>>> from. I
>>>> will ask him to fix it, but is there anything I could do from
>>>> the
>>>> inside to stop the water from seeping in through the bricks.
>>>
>>> NO.
>>>
>>
>
>


Posted by Michael Bulatovich on January 15, 2007, 1:09 pm
Glad we cleared that up.

> Gee, we both can read.



Posted by Drastic91 on January 15, 2007, 6:37 pm
Hey Everyone! Thanks for all the good info. I will talk to my
neighbor tomorrow and see what he is gonna do about the problem. I
will also check into the brick pointing & waterproofing that were
suggested.


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