In order to know how to waterproof a basement, you need to know how water enters the basement. There are six different ways water can enter the basement:
1. Floor / wall joint
2. Floor crack
3. Wall crack
4. Bulkhead
5. Window
6. Over the sill plate and down the wall
In this post I am going to go over the first way water enters a basement –
the floor / wall joint.
James Pratt gives us information about sump pump power, sump pump drop-offs, and different kinds of sump pumps.
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After all of this analysis of many of the available possible basement waterproofing systems, it has been determined that the shallow depth interior sub-floor system is the most reliable and effective in a post-construction basement waterproofing situation.
The second most reliable system is the interior pipe and stone system. This system, however, does have inherent problems due to the fact that it can underexcavate the foundation wall by sucking dirt into the system creating a potential clog. These types of systems also pump out more water than is necessary. In determining the top two ways to resolve a basement waterproofing problem, the question is asked –
“What do we do after we gather the water that is threatening the floor?
Where do we put it?”
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