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Posted by Tom The Great on January 20, 2007, 10:55 am
On Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:48:02 GMT, Steve Henderson
>I have a crack in my basement concrete wall where the water pipe enters
>the house. It's a hairline crack about a piece of paper wide that
>radiates down from the copper pipe about 1 inch then takes a 90 degree
>turn to the right for a couple of inches. It weeps during heavy rains,
>and eventually forms a little stream on the floor just big enough to be
>annoying as it tries to find the lowest point in my basement. It's not
>much - probably 1 gallon overnight during very heavy rains (I caught it
>in a 5-gallon bucket last time), but it could become bigger, so off to
>Home Depot I went.
>
>I got some stuff called Drylok Fast Plug, that looks like it'll do the
>job. However, it says to "back chisel out the area to be patched to the
>shape of an inverted "V". Now, that seems like one of those things that
>looks all neat-o on paper, but in reality, I can see me blowing out a
>bigger chunk of concrete than I want to (and not in the shape desired).
>So, instead of using the chisel I bought, I'm thinking I should try to
>use my drill with a concrete saw wheel to try to "cut" it out. I want it
>bigger inside the wall than at the surface, so the plug is locked in.
>Any suggestions about the best way of going about this? Another wet
>winter storm headed my way, and I'd like to get this done today.
>
>Regards, and thanks.
>Steve Henderson
When ever I hear about people having basement water problems, it seems
that the first place they tackle is outside. They try and elminate
water sources making it to the foundation. Downspouts pointed away
from the house, for several feet, sloping land away from the
foundation, etc.
Have you tried workign outside first?
tom @ www.YourMoneyMakingIdeas.com
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