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Im looking for a company that will come in and give me an estimate for a repair to my basement. I have a small amount of water that comes in when it rains, i know the homeowner before me installed a weeping tile system, but it seems to be not working and i need it fixed asap  
 
Edited by Reid, 2018-06-13 21:26:49

Daves do it right construction repaired mine. It wasn't a 'quick' fix, the construction maybe took a day but it took years for the ground to settle, and while it was a reasonable price for the work that needed to be done it wasn't 'cheap'. I had my exterior walls dug out and exposed then blue skinned, weeping tile, sump pit and yard regraded. That was quite a few years ago and I've never had an issue since,the job was done right. Terry is the best.

don't rush into repairs. Do some investigating yourself: check the area on the outside where the water comes in inside. Check if your soil runs towards your house - if it does, put a few shovelfuls of dirt there and grade away. If you have a window there, check if the soil runs right up to the bottom of the window - if it does, shovel some away under the window, taking care to regrade away from the house. Do this, and then wait for the next rain to see if this made it better.

seems they build the window wells from wood and built them low and at the same lvl as the soil, so looks like when it rains the top soil washed into the window wells. The window wells are just rock and seems to be the drainage for the area into the weeping tile .... so as far as i can tell its plugged up under there. Thing is how is the water getting in, must be a crack that will need to be repaired. I know there is some sort of drainage under the house as it goes right under the basement and ties into the sewer drain on the other side of the house. Found this out as have had sump pit/pump and backwater valve installed on that side of the house .... more for sewer backup and insurance on that side.  
 
Edited by Reid, 2018-06-13 22:33:22

Get a shovel. Dig down on the outside of your house and see your foundation. See if there is a crack. The only way to know is to see. Anyone can dig. Save you paying a trades guy 30 bucks a hour to dig a hole to see when he gets called in

Orion's-Belt said "Get a shovel. Dig down on the outside of your house and see your foundation. See if there is a crack. The only way to know is to see. Anyone can dig. Save you paying a trades guy 30 bucks a hour to dig a hole to see when he gets called in "

Wouldn't there have to be a crack? how else would water come in? Its enough during a hard downpoor that i will get a small stream of water running across the concrete from that wall over to the floor drain. Either way im looking for someone that would be willing to do the work and fix the issue and im willing to pay. I just dont think im gonna go with a large outfit a pay giant, i still understand gonna cost me alot lol

Reid said "    Orion's-Belt said "Get a shovel. Dig down on the outside of your house and see your foundation. See if there is a crack. The only way to know is to see. Anyone can dig. Save you paying a trades guy 30 bucks a hour to dig a hole to see when he gets called in " Wouldn't there have to be a crack? how else would water come in? Its enough during a hard downpoor that i will get a small stream of water running across the concrete from that wall over to the floor drain. Either way im looking for someone that would be willing to do the work and fix the issue and im willing to pay. I just dont think im gonna go with a large outfit a pay giant, i still understand gonna cost me alot lol "

We've had tons of water issues in our basement over the years. You say you have weeping tiles, and we'll assume they're functioning correctly if they're recent and not original (our original weeping tiles were not installed correctly and gave us no end of grief and we had to redo them). As long as you're sure it's not coming from the footing and it's somewhere in the wall. If it's coming in at the footing it's possible that it wasn't tied into the weeping tile properly or maybe that it's come undone for some reason.  
 
We also had penetration on the wall, but it wasn't from a crack but a little hole where the rebar during construction would have been. A pain. We used that wet concrete stuff on the inside and regraded outside to correct vs. digging up outside. So it might not be a crack but a construction fault depending on the age of your house (ours was built in the 70's).

There does not have to be a crack. Mine was not cracked but water still seeped in. I have block foundation not poured concrete. Blue skinning my house solved the problem.

Is a must...but it’s purpose is not to deal with surface (rain, snow melt, etc.) water. It is there to relieve the hydronic pressure in the soil at the level it is installed. It should be around the outside of the footings immediately below the level of the bottom of the basement floor. It also needs a decent amount of screened drainage stone covering it to allow easy passage of the ground water into the weeping tile.  
You can take some very effective steps in relieving your problem, at little cost. 1. - make sure that your eave trough is properly installed, not plugged with leaves, and the water from the downspouts hits the ground at least 4-5 feet from the house. 2. - your grade should be a minimum of 1 / 10 away from the house for at least the first 10’. So at 10’ away from the house your grade should be 10” lower than at the basement wall. 3. - Do not allow surface water to drain into the window well. If this is all in order and you are still getting water in, take the shovel advice from Orion’s-Belt at the point where you first notice it in the basement. Keep in mind that gravity pulls the water along the easiest path available so its possible that it is not coming in where you first see it, unless your basement wall is exposed from the inside. Good luck. Water problems are no fun and can be expensive- both if you leave them too long or fixing them.

I made sure eavestrough was tight to the roof (as it was a bit loose). My downspouts are well away from the house, also house isnt that big and only two main downspouts anyway. Seems this side im having issues is a bit low compared to surrounding area but not much, and maybe this could be an easier fix than i think. Still willing to pay someone to fix it, as im sure we will have to remove inside wall from the water dmg anyway. Then reno that room as well, i know expensive but as long as its reasonable ill pay.