Had a nice little foundation leak during the last rain storm. Installed a drain line last fall to divert two downspouts and front walkway run off away from the house which helped a lot. Front walkway and a big retaining wall next to it ultimately need to be removed and reinstalled with proper grading and drainage. That’s going to be a huge and expensive project so for now I’m just replacing all the worn out concrete sealant and hoping for the best.

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    6 months ago

    Water will find a way.
    We had the whole foundation drain replaced and urethane sprayed the whole thing.
    That was expensive as fuck, but no regrets.
    The dehumidifier barely has to run in the basement now too.
    Still, 20k was a lot of money to keep water out.

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      6 months ago

      Our house was built by idiots so it doesn’t have any foundation drainage that I know of and the grading is all wrong. Well, lots of things are wrong, but most of them don’t flood the basement when it rains.🤷‍♂️