I found out that our floor is a finish floor, over about 16 inches of dirt and stone, down to the true foundation. The answer is either settlement or trouble with the water. They will have to follow the settlement cracks or access points from outside and see if your floor is like mine and how far under, the water has "undermined".
On Tue, 10 Mar 2009, Claudia wrote: > Hi All, > > When we had this problem of water in our basement back in September of last > year, we had several companies come out and give us estimates for repairs. > None of them really touched the issue of cracks in the cement floor and how > to repair these! > What causes these cracks, and what can be done to permanently seal them? > Or, does this go back to having to repair foundation damage? > > This time around, the water is coming in through cracks in the cement floor! > My guess is that, with every subsequent rainfall, these cracks probably get > bigger, thus increasing our damage potential? > > We're really at a loss here, as to what to do! > My dad could probably loan us the money to get work done on this basement, > but he doesn't feel we should put more money into this house, especially on > such a large scale, as some of the estimates we received, so I'm hesitant to > ask! > > Claudia > > Join either of my groups; the first is for visually-impaired women, while > the other is for people wishing to discuss homemaking issues. > [email protected] > [email protected] > >
