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    Leaky Basement Repair Advice

    If the slab sits directly on the top of the footing, the drainage from the weep holes has no where to go other than possibly seeping up to the floor slab. Therefore, for a slab bottom directly on top of the footing, you have to create a channel between the top of footing and bottom of slab in...
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    Leaky Basement Repair Advice

    At the location of water penetration, create weep holes approx 12" o/c in the block at the intersection of the wall and footing. If there is stone beneath the bottom of the slab and top of the footing,thats' a good thing. If not, create small channels such that water seeping out from the block...
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    Old rubble foundation wall

    I want to evaluate a basement stone rubble foundation wall for a 250 year old house in New Jersey. What type of mortar was in typical at that time? Were footings below the wall typically utilized ? The wall "looks good" to me. The mortar appears to be intact. Although the wall "looks good"...

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