Posted by bc on July 12, 2009 at 13:34:48 from (71.158.222.210):
In Reply to: HELP? posted by Allan In NE on July 12, 2009 at 09:24:47:
They make a good crack sealer used by a lot of foundation repair companies around here. Comes in a tube from Lowest and Home cheapo and other places. They use a high pressure caulking gun to push it into the crack. Clean the crack of loose stuff and maybe hit it with a grinder to widen the crack to give the compound a place to set. It's near impossible to do but a bell bottom crack will hold better.
Long term fix is to take your bucket or get a hoe and dig out the outside. Seal the crack from the outside like you did the inside. Then coat or recoat the outside wall with a foundation asphalt sealer. Check to see if the foundation is settling. Cinder block is porous but cracks usually occur along the mortar joints.
When you backfill, try to backfill a couple feet within the wall with some porous fill material such as sand so the water flows away from the crack instead of building up hydraulic pressure because of the wet expansion by clay which retains water and applies pressure to the wall making it crack.
Besides the slope and gutter ideas already mentioned, attribute this to the rainy year if this is a first time for the house and then don't put down any expensive bear skin rugs in the basement. I have one to fix out at the farm but it isn't in a living area and it really only leaks during a big rain. Have everything ready, just need a spare weekend to do it.
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