Basement wall (foundation) leak
10/31/2018 at 10:12:41 PM
HI,
We recently purchased a house, (house is 10 years old) and noticed that the basement has a leak , waster is coming in through a nail from a hilti gun. The nail head is imbedded 1/4 inch in the concrete wall, there is a crack the runs up the wall and down to the floor from this nail.
the water ingress is 1/2 cup of water on a rainy day.
we had to remove the black moisture barrier to expose all the crack in the concrete.
Is there a fix to this issue? is a nail in concrete wall a bad practice? because we have lots in our foundation walls. (doesn't seem like it is although)
Thanks.
11/1/2018 at 8:44:28 AM
Hi
The nail is most likely a form tie (spaces the forms apart)and it wasn't water proofed from the outside before back fill. The crack can be caused from a number of reasons, probably foundation settling. Should be fixed from outside but can be epoxy injected from the inside for less cost and works almost as well.
I would also look at your purchase agreement the seller may have lied (ie: no water in the basement) if that's the case they may have to pay for the repair (lawyer)
Hope this helps
11/1/2018 at 10:18:15 AM
I would recommend you call crack master I have them seal all my Foundation leaks big and small they guarantee it for life and they're very reasonable. Hope this helps you out Jeff
11/1/2018 at 7:27:05 PM
Yes, there are many ways to fix this issue.
Jason
Cheers!
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