Cat420
Senior Member
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2004
- Messages
- 527
- Location
- Pine Bush Ny
- Occupation
- Construction, small engine and machine shop work
Let's see if anyone has an easy solution to a problem on the project we are working on. In addition to adding on to a house built in the 1800's, we are trying to make it so that the old basement stays dry. There's a little that we can do with grading to keep the water away, but the old house sits on a 2 foot thick stone foundation. There are several areas where water pretty much runs in through some gaps.
Is there any kind of stuff that we can spray or inject from the inside to seal up cracks and spaces in the rocks? Digging down and doing something from the outside would be best, but is way outside the time and money budgeted for the job.
Here's another twist, the new basement floor sits about 18 inches below the old one. There will be a ramp down to the new one and we are putting a drain so that if the old basement floods it will not run into the new one, but would prefer to prevent flooding. A little moisture is to be expected in an old house, but 4 inches of water is too much.
Anyone used a product that works for this sort of thing?
Is there any kind of stuff that we can spray or inject from the inside to seal up cracks and spaces in the rocks? Digging down and doing something from the outside would be best, but is way outside the time and money budgeted for the job.
Here's another twist, the new basement floor sits about 18 inches below the old one. There will be a ramp down to the new one and we are putting a drain so that if the old basement floods it will not run into the new one, but would prefer to prevent flooding. A little moisture is to be expected in an old house, but 4 inches of water is too much.
Anyone used a product that works for this sort of thing?