If water is leaking into your basement low on the walls or at the seams where walls meet the floor your problem is hydrostatic pressure pushing water up from the ground.
Basement leaks wall is fixing gutters a solution.
Lately whenever it rains water drips out of my house s gutters and onto the patio instead of out the downspout.
Is this something i can fix myself or do i need to replace my leaking gutters.
Removing leaves and debris.
A basement wall repair doesn t have to be an all day project.
But don t cover the walls with insulation if water is leaking in from outside.
In fact most cracks only require the few simple steps shown in this do it yourself guide.
In cold climates insulating basement walls also saves energy and reduces your heating bill.
Insulate exterior walls to prevent condensation.
The patching over of the crack surface with a material such as hydraulic cement is not an effective way to fix basement leaks because a patch repair approach causes ground water to be trapped within the crack in the wall.
You ll just create a potential mold problem.
First check whether you have footing drains underground pipes installed when the house was built to carry water away from the foundation.
Here are a few interior leak repair solutions that we commonly see and do not recommend.
When it rains clogged gutters can overflow and rainwater can pool around your foundation.