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Old 02-10-2006, 03:21 AM posted to alt.architecture,alt.home.lawn.garden,alt.survival,alt.home.repair,misc.invest.real-estate
David J. Hughes David J. Hughes is offline
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Default Sealant Activated By Water Wanted

Multi stage solution:
Water is coming in from outside.
Go outside the house and locate the spot above the seep in the basement
wall.
Rent a 4" auger, and dig a hole down 4' below the seep. Last few feet
of soil removed should be mud.
Insert a length (long enough to reach the bottom) of perforated pipe,
capped on the bottom, covered in the previously metioned cloth.
You now have a well!
Drop in a suction line, with a coarse strainer on the bottom, and attach
a suction pump on the surface.
Removing the water from the outside should allow you to seal the wall
inside. You will need to keep using the pump, so you might want to put
a float on the suction pipe rigged to turn the pump on when the water
starts to pool too high in the well.

Later, drill through the wall to install a pipe as previously suggested.

Chisel a 1" deep trough around where you want to build the sump well
inside the basement, and up the wall where you want it to go.
Build a plywood form for the walls, pour in hydraulic cement and allow
to dry for a week. Remove form, coat inside and out, including the
floor area, with Dryloc. Mount sump pump, and you're done!

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