If you have a water leak in your concrete wall you need to repair it as quickly as possible.
How to fix leaking poured concrete wall.
Concrete walls sometimes only leak periodically such as after a hard rain or during snow melts.
Fixing leaky concrete block foundation walls.
Use an epoxy injection system for basement wall crack repair.
To permanently patch the crack we used an epoxy injection system from polygem called the liquid concrete repair kit 60.
After the forms are removed the snap ties on the outside are typically coated with a flexible polymer or hydraulic cement before a damp proof or water proofing membrane is applied to the foundation.
How to seal a leaking concrete wall.
Repair snap ties and tie rods.
When a foundation is poured its footing a wide flat base made from concrete and reinforced steel designed to support the walls is poured first and then the walls are poured on top after.
Leaks in poured concrete foundations the most common type of foundation constructed since the late 1970s are normally repaired from inside using pressurized crack injection because it is inexpensive and completed within a couple of hours at any time of the year.
However some walls gush water through openings in the concrete.
How to fix poured concrete foundation leaks from inside.
Metal snap ties and tie rods are used to hold the forms of a foundation in place while it is being poured.
Moisture in basements or other areas where concrete walls are present can cause extensive damage.
We repaired a foundation wall which had an 8 ft long crack that leaked water into the basement during periods of heavy rainfall.
Observe the entire wall from a distance of five feet 0 13 meters away after the location of the first tie rod hole leak.
Viewing the wall in this method will help see the others as they may appear as a small extrusion or irregularity in the surface of the concrete.