I called into your show earlier, about a leaky basement. Your advice to me was to check the transition areas; where the siding meets the brick, and where the brick meets the foundation. I have done this and there are no apparent flaws. My builder recommends getting the brick wall sprayed with a breathable product? Do you think this is a good idea? Are there any alternatives?
I don't see what good spraying the wall will do if the leak is in the basement wall. You may need to talk to another contractor.
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I had a new extension put on and am in the process of putting a new roof on the whole house. They are coming t ... |
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My foundation is built with cinder blocks. The house is 27 years old. The mortar between the blocks is deterio ... |
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I have had two separate cracks repaired twice. Once from the inside using some type of mastic and it did not w ... |
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During unprecedented heavy rains water backed up a line flooding the basement. The cleanup is underway with wa ... |
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I had my basement fixed. They dug a trench along the inside walls, then they punched holes in the bottom row o ... |
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I have a 10 year old poured concrete basement wall that is cracked in places and allows some seepage after hea ... |
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I find a puddle of water along the bottom of an outside wall in the basement of my house. The vapour barrier h ... |
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I called into your show earlier, about a leaky basement. Your advice to me was to check the transition areas; ... |
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Am setting a toilet in basement. A 3" ABS drain pipe is roughed in with concrete floor. Should the plastic fla ... |
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Our house is 24 years old and I have had some of the bottom cement blocks replaced. I would like to know if th ... |
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You mention when you want to put carpeting on a basement floor do not use underpad. Please explain. While I kn ... |
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The basement of my 19 year old home has flooded twice. Both times we had water gushing out of the condensatio ... |
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Our sons bedroom got wet through the eavestrough being poorly positioned. We have thrown the rug out and have ... |
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i agree with your system of insulating a basement.i have a question about the vapuor barrier.how important is ... |
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We are building on Canadian Shield. Rather than blast out a piece of granite, we chose to build this into our ... |
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Under a recently renovated mobile home, water has been sitting from improper drainage of the land. Hopefully ... |
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Following a huge storm last week, our concrete slab gave way along a previous hairline crack (now enlarged eno ... |
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My hot water tank overheated and flooded about 2" of water throughout my basement. I have linolium flooring w ... |
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My basement is 8 ft, with 6 feet below ground level. I am in an area with poor drainage, a fairly high water t ... |
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We purchased our house in 1991 and only this last fall we have noticed a leak in our laundry room. Unfortunat ... |
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My home is almost 10yrs old and we have lived in it for almost 3yrs. We have had 2 leaks in the basement in ... |
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I put an offer to buy a house. That was my second offer for second house. The first one has 4 spots of water c ... |
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we got alot of rain here in hamilton (ON) two weeks ago my house has no sewers. the grade of the house from th ... |
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I bought an attached row house in Barrehaven (ON) in March 04. This spring my basement has started to leak. ... |
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Our Home is appr.40 yrs. old we've owned it for 18 yrs. but when we bought it, it did'nt have a base ... |
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We have a bungalow in the Pinecrest (Ottawa, ON) area. The problem we are haveing is water is coming out of ou ... |
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I am looking at buying a house that has leaks in the block foundation walls. I am told that the water has been ... |
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I dug up the soil around the pipe that connects the sceptic system. I re-established the soil and grading away ... |
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My house leaks along the length of the gravel driveway when the snow melts. At some point the basement was du ... |
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We live in a 100-year-old house with a stone foundation. The joints between the stones on the interior baseme ... |
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we want to get rid of the sub floor in our basement. first i will mention that we have a spring under our hous ... |
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IS THERE ANY PRODUCT THAT I CAN BUY TO REPAIR THE CRACK ON MY FOUNDATION WALL OR SHOULD I LEAVE IT TO THE EXPE ... |
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I would like to have an expert opinion on the Hydrostatic Pressure that builds up under a house foundation and ... |
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Our house is approximately 25 years old - a new home went up next door and now, when it rains, water comes int ... |
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We have had water problems that we plan to solve by excavating etc. We came to this conclusion based on inform ... |
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I have a problem with a sink that has developed about two weeks ago. A hole that is slowly widening, is about ... |
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Our foundation wall is leaking water through some round holes in the foundation (called "carriage bolt holes" ... |
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I'm considering buying a home that is 30 years old. The basement is partly finished, with drywall coveri ... |
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The form-tie holes in one of my basement walls are leaking at winter thaw time. I have heard of various techni ... |
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The form-tie holes in one of my basement walls are leaking at winter thaw time. I have heard of various techni ... |
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The form-tie holes in one of my basement walls are leaking at winter thaw time. I have heard of various techni ... |
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The form-tie holes in one of my basement walls are leaking at winter thaw time. I have heard of various techni ... |
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We have been experiencing flooding in our basement in heavy rains/snowfall melts. It appears that the drainage ... |
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(17 years old house). I have a leaky basement, there is a white mark in one of the unfinished walls, it looks ... |
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(17 years old house). I have a leaky basement, there is a white mark in one of the unfinished walls, it looks ... |
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(17 years old house). I have a leaky basement, there is a white mark in one of the unfinished walls, it looks ... |
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(17 years old house). I have a leaky basement, there is a white mark in one of the unfinished walls, it looks ... |
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The mortar between the stones has started to deteriorate and water is now seeping through the wall. To I have ... |
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I have a leak in my basement and want to fix it with polyurethane injection. Will this be a permanent fix? I ... |
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We have a basement leak coming from the ground water. Leaks in spring as well as in heavy rain. Wall has sta ... |
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a previous owner of our house, in an attempt to insulate the basement, attached 2"X 2" studs with concrete nai ... |
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I'm building a new bungalow in a high clay soil in Pakenham (ON) and wondered if you thought it worthwhil ... |
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I have a house that is approx 2 years old. There was a leak in the basement where the sump pipe goes through t ... |
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My house is approx. 80+ yrs. old with concrete block walls. There is what seems to be parging along the bottom ... |
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We have had it with our wet basement. For the past few years our basement has become wet along the southern w ... |
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I am looking at purchasing an investment property, a single family home. It is in good shape except there are ... |
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You have provided me with sound advice in the past and I find myself in a position to seek your assistance aga ... |
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With the recent thaw in Ottawa (ON), we found our basement carpeting soaked. We have concluded that it is a cr ... |
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It seems that when we have a pretty good rainfall I am getting leaking from under the sillplate inside my craw ... |
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I have a problem were water will come in the basement even after filling the 8"cinder blocks with liquid cemen ... |
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I'm in the process of finishing my basement. We've had a history of water leakage from the foundatio ... |
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we live in the country, in a 30 yr old house, on a well and septic system. During spring runoff, if there is a ... |
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I live in a old house down in the basement water seems to be coming in between the floor and wall. is there an ... |
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I have a problem with my house and one of the bedroom floor is not level. At one end, about 6 feet from the w ... |
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I've had many different views on getting my problem solved! I have a crack in my foundation that is locat ... |
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As you know, this fall was wet in Ottawa (ON). I got water in my finished basement. I don't know where ... |
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I have laminated wood floring in my basement and had a cold water line split the other day. Some water go unde ... |
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I recently purchased a 40 year old home with a finished bsmt. I have had 2 minor floods in the bsmt since the ... |
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We had water puddling in our basement from a 24inch hairline crack during 2 days of rain in Dec., mostly findi ... |
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We have a couple of water leaks into the basement of our 1985 house. One is near an electric panel, and it may ... |
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Recently in Dec. we had 2 days of rain. after a day or so I found some water puddling on the floor in my basem ... |
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We are going to be renovating our basement in a large bungalow, approximately a 1,200/1,500 sq. ft area. Our ... |
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I have a bungalow house that is over 30 yrs old and the foundation has cracked and leaks only on one side of t ... |
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I have found that I have “white residue” on the floor of my basement. People have told me that this is caused ... |
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I have found that I have “white residue” on the floor of my basement. People have told me that this is caused ... |
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I have found that I have “white residue” on the floor of my basement. People have told me that this is caused ... |
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I have found that I have “white residue” on the floor of my basement. People have told me that this is caused ... |
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I've visited a few houses out of town and we are now decided on building a house outside of the town limi ... |
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Ren,mine is an old New England cape and half my basement is rock but there is 2 areas outside my home that fou ... |
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Our foundation at the front of the house leaks water into our family room only when it happens to rain in the ... |
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We gather from your web site that some people with leaky basements need to dig down and fix the problem from t ... |
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We live in a home built in 1915. Water appears to be coming up through the basement floor rather then from ar ... |
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Is there a specific way of re-finishing a basement to keep the water out without having to dig up the foundati ... |
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My frontstep is part of my cold cellar.When it rains or smows it leaks into my basement and causes water damag ... |
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In the last big storm one of the sump pumps failed and water started coming through the cracks in the floor. W ... |
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i recently bought my first home (6 weeks ago). there is a finished basement being used as a rental apt. there ... |
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WE are experiencing ++ problems with water this fall. There is a sump pump in the basement which usually has ... |
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My parents reside in Smiths Falls ON and hava a bungalo built in the early 60's. It has a standard baseme ... |
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(1) We are on a well. During certain weather conditions in the spring, with simultaneous rain and snow melti ... |
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I am just starting to redue my basement. I have had some water in it when it rains hard and for a long period ... |
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I have a PWF basement that today was almost flooded. The main sump pump failed and the back-up system kicked i ... |
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I did look at the archive but did not see my question directly. I am selling my home, a perspective buyer' ... |
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I have a 50 year old home that has a small leak in the basement. I have found the area where the leak occurs ... |
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I have a townhouse at Mt. Tremblant (Que)that is built on the side of a hill. The backside of the foundation i ... |
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I have a raised flower bed about 11' long, 4'high and 32" wide beneath our livingroom window. It ha ... |
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I would like to make the basement of our 80 year old house into a living area. the foundation is brick and i h ... |
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There is a vertical crack running from top to bottom of a sevenfoot high poured, ten inch thick concrete wall. ... |
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my basement walls are cinder block, and before i put up walls i wanted to know what i should do to prevent moi ... |
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I have a two year old house with three cracks in basement walls, two are leaking.The basement was back filled ... |
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I have a crawlspace with a partial wood foundation. The wood foundation is on bedrock. We get seepage her ... |
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I'm in the process of re-finishing the basement in my 65 year old. home. we had purhcased it less than a y ... |
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I had a carpet complete with high density underpad installed in my basement rec room in April this year. The ... |
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We have a crack in our basement wall below ground level which leaks water into the basement in a heavy rain fa ... |
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My house is at least 60 years old. We bought the house two years ago and the basement has been leaking ever s ... |
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We live in a 23 year old semi detached back split in Kanata, Ontario. We have a leak at the point where the jo ... |
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What is the correct way to waterproof basement foundation walls?
I heard using a dimple fabric then ins ... |
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I've purchased a house built in 1921. It has a full basement with 8' ceilings. I'm looking to convert it to a ... |
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I purchased a 22year old multilevel, brick veneer home with a finished basement. I have a leak in the basement ... |
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I'm thinking of adding insulation and covering with drywall. The wall is about 7 ft. high and 8 ft. long. Pres ... |
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Last fall I purchased a home and completely renovated the basement. The grading around the home was the revers ... |
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I am planning on installing carpet in my basement in the very near future. Could you please tell me whether i ... |
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I am looking at purchasing a new home and was wondering when looking at homes is there any way of telling whet ... |
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The original tiles, unfortunately, are finished (due to a wetting of some parts of the floor because the sump ... |
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I'd like your opinion on flooring for a dry basement. Sub-floor with under pad and carpet or high quality unde ... |
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I keep hearing you say not to put underlayment under a carpet in the basement on concrete floor. Why is that? ... |
