Cracks in basement walls allow water to enter the basement which leads to mold and mildew growth.
How to repair cracks in concrete basement walls.
Concrete block walls in particular can form cracks for a number of reasons.
Repair a foundation crack with an epoxy sealer photo geoffrey gross.
We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall.
Fix concrete cracks in 8 steps step 1.
Some cracks are just annoyances while others are symptoms of a larger problem and with a little bit of know how you can tell the difference.
Before you reach for the phone take your time and inspect the crack you ve spotted.
The only way to repair foundation wall cracks successfully is by the injection process.
To permanently patch the crack we used an epoxy injection system from polygem called the liquid concrete.
This basement has a crack running horizontally along the block concrete wall.
The injection process fills the crack from top to bottom from inside to outside.
There s also a stair step crack on each end of the horizontal crack and the wall is bowed in about 1 in.
Filling a small and moderate crack is necessary to prevent unhealthy conditions in the home.
Injecting a typical wall crack with an epoxy or urethane resin is done under pressure pushing the material from the inside all the way to the outside.
You can t handle this cracked wall by simply filling the crack and finishing off the basement.