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Waterproofing
We have a sump pump in our basement that went out while I was on a trip and this lead to the cracks in our wall that had previously been dry start weeping. We are remediating the water and replaced the sump pump but now that the cracks have let water in we want to seal them. Research says hydraulic cement in the cracks and we should be good to go. We do have a tile system that goes into our sump pump so is the cement enough? What my husband thinks happened is the sump pump quit working and the water built up around the house causing the intrusion. The weeping has gone down quite a bit since the sump started working again but some of the cracks are still wet when it rains. I live in an area surrounded by coal mines and fracking so every day at 2 pm my house shakes and none of the cracks have presented any structural issues yet. We have no bowing of walls etc. we aren’t having a particularly wet year and this is the first year we have ever had water intrude. submitted by /u/ClimateDifficult2762 [link] [comments]
We have a sump pump in our basement that went out while I was on a trip and this lead to the cracks in our wall that had previously been dry start weeping. We are remediating the water and replaced the sump pump but now that the cracks have let water in we want to seal them. Research says hydraulic cement in the cracks and we should be good to go. We do have a tile system that goes into our sump pump so is the cement enough? What my husband thinks happened is the sump pump quit working and the water built up around the house causing the intrusion. The weeping has gone down quite a bit since the sump started working again but some of the cracks are still wet when it rains. I live in an area surrounded by coal mines and fracking so every day at 2 pm my house shakes and none of the cracks have presented any structural issues yet. We have no bowing of walls etc. we aren’t having a particularly wet year and this is the first year we have ever had water intrude.
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