On Friday 10 April 2015 21:44:41 Jon Elson wrote: > On 04/10/2015 12:14 PM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > I am in the middle of an attempt to dry up my basement, and I've a > > sump dug about a foot deep 2 feet more to go is the plan, but we had > > north of 3" of precip in the last 36 hours and I am losing the > > battle. > > I can't help with the G-code, I know the mill operations better. > > But, I had a leaky crack in my basement, and used the LCR > (Liquid concrete repair) kit sold > through the internet for under $80 delivered. I only used > half the kit, as it was almost a hairline crack. It has > been over a full year, now, and NOT a DROP of leakage. It > used to make lakes on the basement floor. So, I highly > recommend this stuff. > We have had several major downpours since I made the fix, > and it has held. > > Jon > My major problem is a plug one, 2 more open next time we get a gully washer. The basement walls, while made of 12" blocks, are I believe what is called a hatite block in some locales. The outer surface was given a quite visible layer of waterproofing tar, but I've not a clue if it was applied all the way down the outside of the footings in '74 when the place was built.
I any event, hatite is quite famous for being able to pee on one side of it, and by the time you can zip up and walk to the other side, the other side WILL be wet. Shifting ground with the seasons, and on a front wall where we had planted some Burning Bush that would, if not trimmed to about 6 feet annually by moi, be 12 feet or more high by now, and I suspect its roots, only 20" or so from the wall are the reason the wall is bowed in about 3/4" with a nice crack about 1/8" wide that on the outside would be about 30" down. We are aiming to get rid of them, and given what I know now, I doubt if we'll replace them on our watch. Similar crack, but 2 feet lower on the back wall. But there, the BoxWood is around 11 feet away, with the intervening area being covered with a very poorly built back deck so there isn't a lot of vegetation there for most of that run of decking. However, I am not planning on spending the 40 large it would take to pick the house up and set it aside while all that is knocked out and rebuilt a foot higher just so we actually had room for a pool cue in the basement where the regulation sized pool table has fallen into disuse. To recast the walls in 5000lb mix 16" thick would sure be nice, it would be truly a fortress, but it will outlast us easily regardless. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ BPM Camp - Free Virtual Workshop May 6th at 10am PDT/1PM EDT Develop your own process in accordance with the BPMN 2 standard Learn Process modeling best practices with Bonita BPM through live exercises http://www.bonitasoft.com/be-part-of-it/events/bpm-camp-virtual- event?utm_ source=Sourceforge_BPM_Camp_5_6_15&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=VA_SF _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
