I’m thinking of waterproofing my basement walls with something like UGL Drylock. The foundation is cinder block, mostly dry – no seeping water down the walls. However, the sump pump goes off regularly. What are the pros and cons of the situation?
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You can't really "waterproof" them, except from the outside. The Drylock will help prevent minor water seepage, though.
Obviously, nothing you do to relatively dry walls will have any effect on how often the sump pump runs.
Anything you paint on the inside of the foundation will be a fairly inneffective attempt at treating the symptoms. It's won't help solve the problem at all .
First and foremost, rainwater has to be gotten away from your foundation. That means changes to grading, running downspouts away from the foundation, etc. That should keep your sump pump from running so much.
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What others have said is true, but if your waters are not running water and the sump pump is running, that means it is getting water that is being forced up from under in the soil. Sounds like things are working the way they are supposed to.
The drylock can't hurt anything
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think passive. 4" pipe with pitch to daylight from that sump pit. it will be fun and you can get in touch with mother earth literally
and that is why a sump was probably installed in the first place
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