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One other option might be to put a french drain around your foundation. Its alot of work to get it done, but they work well if done right. I did one around my garage. I dug a 12in. trench around the foundation about 20in. deep and put medium rock in the bottom. Then layed corragated pipe (with holes in it) down and covered it up with more rock. Just put a gradual drop in the pipe till it drains out to the lowest point. At the end I dug a large hole and filled it with rock, to give the water somewhere to drain. It works well!
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11-04-2009, 07:14 PM
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I have a block foundation like you, it leaked when i moved in, after walking around the house to the side were it leaked i saw the ground sunk down, i took the gutter on that side and piped it way away and no more problems, even in the heaviest rain.
Thank God!! Good Luck!
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11-04-2009, 09:41 PM
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Been thru some of this myself Mike. You have water stacking up against the foundation, which builds hydrostatic pressure pushing down forcing the water to take the path of least resistance.
You could have a high water table where you are i don't know, you could have city water pipe or well pump pipe leaking, or it could just be poor drainage on your property putting to much water up against your foundation. You can paint etc. seal the walls or whatever. if you do not fix the cause it will return. Downspouts could be routed to a drain system and/or you could get a fellow with a small backhoe come in and install a french drain around the perimeter as long as you have a direction to channel water too. If not you can dig a large pit filled with stone to drain to and aloow the water to build pressure there rather than against you house.
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11-04-2009, 10:05 PM
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Getting back to what Felton said:
I install them for home owners and what I do is dig around the hose foundation and install a black plastic pipe that has slots cut in it to let the water drain in and slop it to a ditch, it allows the water to ge in from the fdn but wont let it out till you get to the end that dumps into the ditch.
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11-05-2009, 05:54 AM
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Thanks for the input guys. When I built the garage, I stalled drains that went to a stone filled pit. I exstended the down spouts, and back filled around the foundation to push the water away.
Gonna try this new rubberized paint, that soaks into the block, to stop water from coming through the block into the crawl space. Might even drill holes into the first course and insert a small pvc line that will drain the water from the block and into the drain. Looks like I'll be holding off on the front porch roof, until I take care of this "Honey To Do Job". Thanks guys. I'll keep you posted on what I do.
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11-05-2009, 12:14 PM
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You should have bought a house built in 1820, that has a stone foundation which doesn't stop any water.
Oh wait that's my house. It's great, I can go into the basement and collect bait. Salamanders (black with orange line), snakes, slugs, everything that likes damp dark places.
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