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Waterproofing old stone basement walls.
Drainage tiles gravel or crushed stone drains perforated pipe or other approved systems or materials shall be installed at or below the area to be protected and shall discharge by gravity or mechanical means into an approved drainage system.
Leaky damp and mouldy unprotected foundation if you re living in an older home chances are it has a stone foundation.
Are there any options short of digging up the foundation and doing a major waterproofing job from the outside.
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The cement will expand inside the fissures and create a water tight seal.
Masonry is porous that s one reason there s such a big market for waterproofing sealers which create an impervious barrier on the surface of a brick concrete or stone wall.
Installing interior drain tile a system of perforated pipe buried in washed gravel under the basement floor will alleviate.
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Waterproofing basement walls from inside.
Having the right product applied over the walls will be key to having a successful waterproofed basement.
Even though stones are extremely durable the mortar used to set them in place is more susceptible to water leakage causing the dampness in your basement.
Interior waterproofing a stone foundation can experience seepage through cracks in the basement floor or at the point where the floor meets the wall either leak caused by hydrostatic pressure beneath the foundation.
There are several steps to internal waterproofing the first of which involves sealing cracks and holes in the concrete walls of your foundation with hydraulic cement.
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