yeah, no more water seepage after re-grading it . I applied couple coats of water proof paint just in case this summer.
@jacobbutler9875
4 жыл бұрын
Did you apply the coats inside the foundation?
@Sam-tg4ii
4 жыл бұрын
@@jacobbutler9875 I believe he means he applied the water proof pain to the basement walls
@ummaandhalmi
4 жыл бұрын
@@Sam-tg4ii correct, Thanks
@TheAuriconGroup
3 жыл бұрын
@@ummaandhalmi Great video! Thank you. Now that even more time has passed, do you still have a dry basement? Did you use a product, something like muriatic acid, to treat the inside wall before you painted it? Did you use Drylock or which water proof paint? Thank you again for your video. I have to do the same or maybe more for my basement. I am in Salem Oregon.
@JudicialMermaid
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! I had to tear out some bushes along a foundation wall. End result left me needing to regrade and I had no clue how to do that. This video was so helpful. I wanted to come back and thank you. I did end up “painting” with DryLok patch to seal crevices and we’ve not had any issues since. Amazing how some TLC, just a day or two of effort, and a fraction of the cost in supplies saves us thousands of dollars in the end from damage (and hiring out contractors lol).
@SPUDWRENCH
2 жыл бұрын
This is my story too. 14 months after moving in AND energizing a sprinkler station that was off, I had water in the basement three weeks later. Discovered grade level behind vegetation allowed water to pool at the stem wall and ultimately leaked down and into the basement. Grade improvements are in the works now. 7 to 8 inches of dirt approx 16 feet in length at a slope of 1” per foot (narrow flowerbed). Winters coming. Plastic will cover the new dirt and rock will cover that. Sloped away and down stream of the property pad should be my fix. But I did discover a small crack from an inside corner of the window well. Injectable polyurethane is next before drywall replacement and repairs. But I’m certain the faulty grade level was culprit.
@brandonweaver6703
4 жыл бұрын
What kind of material did you use under the rocks? Breathable ? What’s the core purpose? Stop weeds. Any water benefits to it.
@thomasmorrison3279
4 жыл бұрын
Grading definitely helps. You should also consider directing any water from downspouts away from the house. If none of that works, try french drain.
@tomlangley6236
5 жыл бұрын
NICE JOB! In the long run by doing it yourself I imagine you saved yourself thousands of dollars!
@rhabdomere
3 жыл бұрын
Nice video. It seems that the trench you dug has no outlet to flow away from your house (stopped at the red arrow area)?
@samuraioodon
3 жыл бұрын
What kind of soil was that you added? It's it compost or organic? Can you please specify that dirt mixture? I'm having puddling issues in our lawn with negative slope. Thank you!
@nick540
4 жыл бұрын
Wow good work. My basement is flooding as I write this. Leaking from 2 days of heavy rain now on the front wall. I will do the same once rain stops
@ummaandhalmi
4 жыл бұрын
good luck !! Thanks for watching.
@RD-zw5yd
Жыл бұрын
This is the first time i saw someone to put a vapor barrier outside the house. I previously thought it is for crawlspace only
@dathanb
4 жыл бұрын
Hi, Great work. What is the distance between foundation wall and the ditch?
@ummaandhalmi
4 жыл бұрын
About 5ft
@dodibali2343
4 жыл бұрын
Great job! I’m thinking about doing the same.. Is it still holding up well? Thanks :)
@teddyboy252
2 жыл бұрын
Great work !
@deiselgas
4 жыл бұрын
Bad idea to water proof the inside of the walls. That belongs on the outside which is not too easy to do. The inside needs to breath and dry out from moisture passing through from outside.
@CamoDC4L
4 жыл бұрын
deiselgas and water doesn’t care if there’s water proof paint there or not. Water will always find a way in. Enough water pressure that water proof paint will start to bubble and and eventually pop.
@Sam-tg4ii
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the warning, pal. I was gonna do exactly that
@mark31383
2 жыл бұрын
How has this held up? I want to do this, but this is the only video I have found when it comes down to using plastic to divert water. Seams like a pretty straight forward idea, but can't find anyone doing it. Thanks
@samston
2 жыл бұрын
That won't really work especially in the winter when snow turn to water. You have to dig out near where the water is coming in the basement and then mix some cement and pour it into the hole and surrounding area. I move in a house, a few month later the basement caught water. I went behind the house and dig out where I see the soft dirt and then I move all that dirt until I see some rock. Then I pour the soft cement in the hole and then level it off.
@kevinzhou6831
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to find your video. Nice job! We are about to do the same thing.
@dimitrysmelansky1847
2 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much time this work took.....
@GodwouldvoteRed
3 жыл бұрын
Hello sir. I'm having the same issue. Did adding the vapor barrier seem to solve it? Or did you end up needing water proofing paint?
@ummaandhalmi
3 жыл бұрын
Hi.. I am moved to new place but yes it seems to have no more leaks, I still painted waterproof paint over it spring time, easy to do and small investment.
@q8rcing
3 жыл бұрын
don't mind me asking, why 6 inches ? is that a general rule of thumb ? Great video at the end.
@Martina-xk6zo
24 күн бұрын
Another video said 4 inches.
@MilVukovic
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you for uploading. And WOW. That must have been tiring.
@ummaandhalmi
4 жыл бұрын
yes it was but worth it :)
@100Noelles
4 жыл бұрын
Any water to the basement since you made this video?
@Lenser
4 жыл бұрын
3' landscape rake would have made things much easier.
@1sornram
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@manderson5397
3 жыл бұрын
i'll slap 2 short-videos of why most basements leak and the only solution, only means to 'stop' the water from where it actually FIRST-enters, see the multiple exterior cracks etc kzitem.info/news/bejne/taeV1Wt5b31-iHY those ext-cracks etc were why the basement leaked-seeped, the water first-entered into the hollow blocks through thouse, the homeowner previously had an interior drainage system installed, they continued to leak lol If YOU haven't yet got water in on floor, good but, hate to say to eventually will because the actual problem wasn't found nor fixed. Grading can divert 'some' water away but it is not any long term solution, just being real
@manderson5397
3 жыл бұрын
2nd short video, i can post thousands but here 2nd kzitem.info/news/bejne/04qIumqba5GWq44 homeowner here already tried raising n sloping the grade and painted the inside of walls with Drylok lol, kept leaking, mold n efflorescence on some blocks inside, cracks got worse. SEE the exterior cracks? See the wall pushed in aka bowed in due to lateral clay soil pressure and some underground roots that grew against the wall, grading doesn't fix-repair-waterproof etc whatever the actual-problem is but i do wish you the best of luck
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