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Yeah.... hard to do to my basement. :-)

I get what you are saying, but the water shouldn't be pooling against the foundation in the first place. 2 years were fine, then it all went to hell. I have a fully finished basement with cabinetry in one part. Besides, sealing the inside is just going to hold the water in the walls longer and rot the walls.

If it is the fact the water is being pushed towards the foundation, and then into a gap, how can that be fixed? Can you pour new concrete onto old concrete and grade it? There is no way to get under it and add dirt to grade it. It's against the house.

More and more I am thinking this is it.I would check the side to side grading of the driveway. Since it's a concrete driveway and not an asphalt driveway, you can fix it relatively easy. If it does turn out to be a side to side grading issue, disregard the tar advice. That would only be a band-aid and would not solve the root cause of the problem. As in make sure it has some slope directly away from the house? I can almost guarantee it doesn't slope directly away. I would see water flow away durring heavy rain.

....if only they made grey tar! Yes the foundation wall is above the driveway level by more than 16". Think of where the grass starts against the foundation in that pic as a driverway and that is it.

More and more I am thinking this is it.

I know they make little L shaped plastic runners that might work. I hate the thought of how that might look. I also don't want to make an obvious change that would let the next owner know there was water in the basement.

I do have wood siding lol.

That is a last resort. Driveway is cement, it would look some kind of funky unless I did the whole thing.

It didn't start comming in badly until we removed the pond next to the house in this little garden. But that garden even had a slight slope towards the house in one spot. Now it is all graded 10' away from the house. Covered with pond liner rubber and topped with rock. So that means the water would need topenitrate cold dirt 10' away from the house and travel back towards the house. So now, I'm thinking the foundation wall along the driveway must have a large enough gap that water is comming in and just pooling and seeping through. I haven't taken down the walls , but the cement floor had no cracks. So if there is a crack it must be in the wall. Even so, if there is a crack and I plugged it it and waterproof painter the walls it would still eventually find a way in, or just rot the foundation wall. Logic said that since the pond changed then I got water that must have been the source. But now I'm thinking it must be the place where the driveway and foundation meet. Any suggestions on how to seal that? They had silicone there that I sill pull out and replace. Would running a cemen "curb" or 45 degree ramp at the foundation help? I would worry it would just crack as the house and driveway move durrring the seasons. We can go from below zero to 40's in a day...... rough on concrete.

All it takes a little gap. Keeping structures water tight is a major PITA. Is the driveway graded away from the foundation, or is it level? It is along the house and graded. But the grade isn't "away" from the house. The driveway goes from the street, along side the house, past the house, to the garage set into the back yard. So it is graded to the street, along the side of the house.

Did it get any of you audio equipment? Mine get water also, but I have done things to minimize it.I have made it so it can't hurt anything. Just so pissed off

Is there any possibility at all that water could go through dirt that is 10' away from the house?? I used black pond liner and graded it 10' out in the garden next to the house where we took out the pond. I'm going to run strips of rubber along the driveway where it meets the house and see if that helps. It is hard to think a joint as small as the gap from driveway slab to foundation is the cause, but maybe it is just that bad. I am so frustrated.

So. Pissed. Off. About. Basement.

Anamorphic baby.

I have a 28" main and then two 26" on either side.

You read that running book though. The snippets I went over really sounded condenseding, elitest

Every fucking year this is happening. I cannot figure out how it is comming in.

Basement filled with water again. Mother fucker.

Fuck. I missed this! Girls and cola on me next time little fella.

Helped a buddy slip an LS1 into his crawler jeep. Wouldn't go. :-( Too bad as I got plans tomorrow and can't finish with him to start it tomorrow.

My favorite quote from the entire series Very metal of them.

LolHe is no LA Beast.

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HA! Didn't notice. Checked from my phone