Wonder if any one has had experience with crystalline waterproofing in RESIDENTIAL basement applications?
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not a basement where water soil pressure exist but on concrete block un protected and it work great again rainstorms
Wonder if you know of any manufacturs / products we could look into ? What type of application is required ...
thx
drew
drew,
Note that Brownbag specifically said that it worked in a non-basement situation.
This topic has come up many times over the years here at Breaktime, and the consistent unanimous opinion is that you will not succeed in keeping your basement dry with any product that paints onto the interior basement wall.
You have to deal with the water on the outside of the house. To begin, make sure that the downspouts and the grading are working to move water away from the house.
That doesn't mean that someone won't come along here any minute now and recommend a particular product that they swear works, but don't hold your breath.
If you could give more details about your water problem, someone might be able to help you out with a different solution.
Not that I have any experience with this myself...just what I've read here on BT.
Rich Beckman
Another day, another tool.
I can appreciate your input.
Basically what I'm looking for is ANY potential inclusions/materials, etc that could possibly be used to simply "safeguard against POTENTIAL water problems. We do the proper water proofing outside, our drainage is good, etc, but what can be done on interior to "beef-up" the system if purchaser wants to go the extra mile
thx
drew
Check http://www.xypex.com.
I've had good results with it on stucco in wind-driven rain. The big problem with any such material is cracks. A glass bottle may be plenty water tight, but not if it's broken.
-- J.S.
I tried Xypex 'painted' onto the slab of my 80 year old house. The slab couldn't be more than about 3" thick and it rests on soil without any waterproof barrier so you can imagine how damp it gets.
Well, the stuff helped a bit but it is in no way waterproof.
I've been contemplating breaking up the floor, digging down a 1' to gain headroom and pouring a proper, waterproofed slab. I think that's the only way.
As for the cinder block (yes, really) foundation walls. I haven't tried the Xypex on that. I'm figuring that it would be futile and that I should just dig up the foundation in order to do it right.
In the meantime I have two dehumidifiers working 24/7.