Posted by northeast iowa on February 14, 2010 at 19:20:17 from (206.72.18.89):
In Reply to: Leaky Basement (long) posted by JohnDeere720GA on February 14, 2010 at 17:20:27:
Like others have said keep the water running downhill away from the house. Landscaping is one of the most neglected issues when building.
I'm a old man who has repaired lots of cisterns. Not complicated or even difficult at all, and very inexpensive.
Dig the dirt away from the crack, power wash, dry, and remove any loose material. Paint with pure mason cement and water, working it with a brush. This mixture does not have any sand in it. This gives a perfect contact surface with this very strong mix at the contact point. Now just mud it up with mason cement (mason cement powder. sand and water. Use a one on one mix and then forget it.
The only issue you may have is if you are in a frost area, most likely some of the wall is below the frost line, and a sidewalk or something else--steps, etc are hanging onto the wall without expansion joints.
Old age helps understand the frost ordeal, often a old rain water cisterns has been cemented over in our area, a perfect example of part being below frost, and the rest of the sidewalk sitting on top of the frost line. Something has to give.
There are allot of issues that I'm unaware of with your post, but if frost is a issue (movement)it will move and crack again regardless of all the expensive miracle products that you can buy.
And believe it or not everyone will try to sell you the expensive stuff. Cisterns have held water for hundreds of years with only mason cement and stone. Most are 14 ft deep, almost twice the dept and water pressure of your basement wall.
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