MyBallzItch
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Is your grading all good? Helped a neighbor fix their basement issue with 2-3 yards of fill dirt
That water won't stop falling around Fingerlakes creeks and gorges humming.....lakes to the brim..I think if we get anymore rain up here in the great white north we will need to build an ark
No one can tell you the answer
Kinda like the farmers almanac predicting the weather
I'm not sure, its prob not the best.. MY Dad said the same thing... How do you fix grading issues with bushes though??Is your grading all good? Helped a neighbor fix their basement issue with 2-3 yards of fill dirt
Thats brutal, i figured that would happen, with the flex seal anyways. i cant believe someone actually tried it.Gutters are probably the best solution. I know the struggle myself; we have an old house with fieldstone foundation. Water gets in with heavy rains sometimes. That and up here in the northeast US it has been like frikkin rainforest. Somebody tried sealing the walls with a rubber “flex seal” type of product but it just made lots of bubbles full of water form which had to be popped and then the water still comes right through. We run 2 dehumidifiers when moisture/humidity is high and even that is not enough if there is water puddling on the floor.
For a short term way of drying your basement go to any home store and find something called Damp-Rid. They are like little buckets full of desiccant that help dry out indoor areas. Get the un-scented kind unless you want your plants to smell like fake lavender or whatever. We put these out after heavy rains & basement is bone dry after a couple days.
Yep… a prior owner basically made a big mess. I was told in order to totally seal the basement in addition to installing gutters I needed to dig out about 3-4 ft around the outside of the foundation all the way down to the bottom and then apply a plastic house wrap to the stone foundation & backfill with gravel. Never did it though; cost = astronomical. So it’s an uphill battle against moisture…Thats brutal, i figured that would happen, with the flex seal anyways. i cant believe someone actually tried it.
Damn got more water in my basement as we speak, I'm running 2 dehumidifiers... In the city our water drains into the sewer pipes from the gutters.... I need to my foundation to dry out, I can't have humidity near 60% with weed down there. Hoping that the humidity returns to around 50% once all this water we got (record setting almost 4" in a week) dries out.Yep… a prior owner basically made a big mess. I was told in order to totally seal the basement in addition to installing gutters I needed to dig out about 3-4 ft around the outside of the foundation all the way down to the bottom and then apply a plastic house wrap to the stone foundation & backfill with gravel. Never did it though; cost = astronomical. So it’s an uphill battle against moisture…
How much should gutters cost to install/fix on a house that is 800 sq feet? I have gutters just need them fixed so they work properly.Yep… a prior owner basically made a big mess. I was told in order to totally seal the basement in addition to installing gutters I needed to dig out about 3-4 ft around the outside of the foundation all the way down to the bottom and then apply a plastic house wrap to the stone foundation & backfill with gravel. Never did it though; cost = astronomical. So it’s an uphill battle against moisture…
Can gutters lower basement humidity?? 99% of the time I have NO water down there, but I'm assuming water sitting around the foundation of a house can raise basement humidity?? ThanksYep… a prior owner basically made a big mess. I was told in order to totally seal the basement in addition to installing gutters I needed to dig out about 3-4 ft around the outside of the foundation all the way down to the bottom and then apply a plastic house wrap to the stone foundation & backfill with gravel. Never did it though; cost = astronomical. So it’s an uphill battle against moisture…
Call a couple companies that give free quotes.How much should gutters cost to install/fix on a house that is 800 sq feet? I have gutters just need them fixed so they work properly.
Depending on location a ranch that size is probably the company’s minimum which around my neck of the woods is $500How much should gutters cost to install/fix on a house that is 800 sq feet? I have gutters just need them fixed so they work properly.
Damn. Talk about a shit storm.Somebody tried sealing the walls with a rubber “flex seal” type of product but it just made lots of bubbles full of water form which had to be popped and then the water still comes right through.
flex seal liquid is crazy expensive now. it seems to be just some naturally occuring mineral in a solvent...forgot what's it's called and the msds is really hard to find...it smells horrible...like that kind of smell like hmm this probably will give me cancer lolLots of flex seal? I would not worry too much about 5% increase.
So much for flexing. Just another as-seen-on-tv POS.... didn't expand with the vinyl.