I recently noticed that when it rains, I’ve got water trickling in to a small unfinished basement room that houses furnace, well pressure tank, etc. A pipe from the water well passes in to that room about 3 feet below the patio in the picture, and the rain water is trickling in through the hole the pipe passes through.
I’m suspicious this may have been a problem in the past as there is evidence the crack and expansion joint have been filled with something, now gone.
I thought I might try using a hose to find exactly where the leak starts on the patio. Whether that works or not, what kind of product would you recommend for filling those cracks?
Should I also consider sealing around the plastic pipes where they come through the (old) concrete wall?
Thanks.
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replace the patio, waterproof the basement, french drain, the wall. Add roof drain and gutters, consider a patio cover. oh vapor barrier the new patio slab
Ummmm.....I'll plan on doing that if considerably simpler and cheaper methods fail--which they very well might. <g> In the meantime I really would like to know which product MIGHT work to stop the majority of water getting through.Thanks.
Clean the junk out of the control joints (the straight one formed in the pour) and place backer rod of the appropriate size. Follow that with a self leveling polyurethane caulk. For the cracks you do much the same thing but use an angle grinder the cealn them out and widen them enough for the backer rod.
For the pipe penatration look for an enjectable epxoy system. (Can't rmember the name of the one I have used.) Enject the epoxy from the iside and let the soil outside act as the backer for it.
Better yet, hire a guy named Vinny to set fire to the place so you can collect insurance.
As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz
Thanks for the product advice--will give it a shot.And Dan--won't Vinny have to be extraordinarily talented to get the concrete to burn?? <G>
All it takes is the right accelerant.
As I stood before the gates I realized that I never want to be as certain about anything as were the people who built this place. --Rabbi Sheila Peltz, on her visit to Auschwitz
Checkout http://www.sika.com. Unfortunately, I suspect you will wind up using the brownbagg method down the road as many times these type of cracks indicate a structural deficiency.
Good luck
Brad
I can tell you what NOT to use for appearance.
Filled some cracks with rebar setting epoxy, did say right on the label 'DO NOT use where appearance is important'
Anyway, was grey to start, I'm partially color blind so it looked OK to me, even looked like a match.
Aas the weeks and months go by, it has perfectly sealed the cracks, but the color changes weekly, which DW does NOT like...
arrrrrrrgh...
if the DW doesn'r like...
time for plan "B"....
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Put a topping on it. Make up your own mixture of "engineered ceement" for the application. Little, if any aggragate, binder, plasticier, colorant, etc. Note your final application techinque will be much of the end result.
Or you could spend the big bucks to buy the same form the Engineered Concrete people.
Well within the compentency level of a man like you.
Clean it, mask it, GE clear silicone, tool it. Finger, plastic knife.