Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?

Talked to a few more guys that have had water in the basement. Both said all they did was find the crack from the inside, drill a bunch of holes, and inject urethane through it to a certain pressure. Years later zero issues.

More research needed.
 
mimico_polak said:
Talked to a few more guys that have had water in the basement. Both said all they did was find the crack from the inside, drill a bunch of holes, and inject urethane through it to a certain pressure. Years later zero issues.

More research needed.
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Interesting concept. Are they injecting into the crack or drilling all the way through and creating a mushroom on the outside?
 
GreyGhost said:
Interesting concept. Are they injecting into the crack or drilling all the way through and creating a mushroom on the outside?
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Drill to the outside and form a 'mushroom' on the outside of it.

As my wall is masonry block the grout b/w them is most likely cracking and allowing the entry of water.
 
During the $12,000 dollar plumbing bill for removing my KiTec plumbing pipes , the drywaller noticed my laundry room exhaust fan was 2 ft from the pipe , buddy builder was 2’ short and it got boxed in by the wall boarders before he fixed it .
Thank goodness this place was only a million , can’t imagine what crap goes on in a lesser house LOL


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mimico_polak said:
Talked to a few more guys that have had water in the basement. Both said all they did was find the crack from the inside, drill a bunch of holes, and inject urethane through it to a certain pressure. Years later zero issues.

More research needed.
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When we found a wet carpet in my parents basement, we opened up the wall and found that someone had done this repair 15-20 years earlier (when the house was only a few years old), and a new crack had formed 3ft away. We did the same fix, grind the crack wider, drill in and inject with urethane, and caulk over it. Ultimately we did dig up the side of the house to waterproof it. It is leaked once it'll likely leak again.
 
mimico_polak said:
Talked to a few more guys that have had water in the basement. Both said all they did was find the crack from the inside, drill a bunch of holes, and inject urethane through it to a certain pressure. Years later zero issues.

More research needed.
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I had water in my basement. I found it the day I took possession of the house. I first noticed a stained baseboard and it escalated from there.

I found the crack behind a finished wall and it had ruined a finished floor but the water was under a layer of sleepers / plywood and vinyl floor so nothing smelled out of the ordinary when I had an inspection done.

The crack had been previously "repaired" by using hydraulic cement but that didn't last.

Between my house and my neighbours house is only a few feet of space and it had been entirely paved over except for a four foot section of missing asphalt. I put 2+2 together and realized someone tried to repair the crack from the outside as well because the missing asphalt was in the same place as the crack on the inside.

Luckily I have some friends who came over, along with my dad to "supervise" and we managed to fix the crack ourselves. We dug down to the base of the foundation, about seven feet down, and patched the crack, then used some sort of big rubber goop to seal it and finally some foundation wrap. We went as wide as we could to provide better drainage and cleared the weeping tiles while we were at it.

The hole between the houses was backfilled with 3.5 yards of gravel and it has been dry in the basement since then. I've rebuilt the walls and floor and hope this will hold.
 
crankcall said:
During the $12,000 dollar plumbing bill for removing my KiTec plumbing pipes , the drywaller noticed my laundry room exhaust fan was 2 ft from the pipe , buddy builder was 2’ short and it got boxed in by the wall boarders before he fixed it .
Thank goodness this place was only a million , can’t imagine what crap goes on in a lesser house LOL


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There is some kitech between my water heater and furnace one of these days I should change it to PEX it is starting to show corrosion. Only a short run and all in the open.

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Buddy lent me his endoscope camera so I figured I’ll give it a whirl.

Drill some 1” holes in the spot that looked the wettest…

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You’ll notice this is also on the wall that Kevin completed his waterproofing…on the right…

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This thread reminded me....Hello my name is Kevin.

In our second house the master bedroom closet was 5 feet long with a small 2 foot door. To make it easier to use the closet I replaced the small door with 4 feet of sliding mirrored door. Problem was the heat vent for that room came up right there. We slept then (and still do) on a waterbed. It's always warm. Who needs the heat? I covered it over and made a small sketch of it's location on the inside of the closet. Basement was fully finished with drywall so you couldn't see where the ducting went.

Turns out the people who bought the house were pricks at closing time. And that folks is how Kevin made the Karma work.

To this day I sometimes wonder if they found it odd there was no heat vent in that room. Did they rip down the drywall in desperation?
 
Scuba Steve said:
There is some kitech between my water heater and furnace one of these days I should change it to PEX it is starting to show corrosion. Only a short run and all in the open.

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We knew at purchase about the KiTec and it was factored in the deal . We could not insure the house unless it was out in 60 days . It’s a time bomb.

House across street sold , KiTec not disclosed , home inspector recommended by listing agent ( that’s a second problem) did not notice the whole house was KiTec . Inspector also said deck in excellent shape , new owner fell through the surface 26 days after purchase and required surgery . The law suit on going lists real estate agent , old home owner , home inspector, broker and I think his dog . Oh and they found out about having KiTec when a leak occurred and the damage estimate is 40k , and the insurance has declined , since they didn’t disclose the product.


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@crankcall you just terrified me...but Kevin never installed KiTec from what I see. Whew.

Looks like I'll have to remove the bottom riser / tread at the very least to see what the eff is going on back there. It's very possible the interior waterproofing is flowing along the wall and where it meets the stairs there's nothing there, so it's soaking there and then flowing into the laundry. Possible....hopeful.
 
crankcall said:
We knew at purchase about the KiTec and it was factored in the deal . We could not insure the house unless it was out in 60 days . It’s a time bomb.

House across street sold , KiTec not disclosed , home inspector recommended by listing agent ( that’s a second problem) did not notice the whole house was KiTec . Inspector also said deck in excellent shape , new owner fell through the surface 26 days after purchase and required surgery . The law suit on going lists real estate agent , old home owner , home inspector, broker and I think his dog . Oh and they found out about having KiTec when a leak occurred and the damage estimate is 40k , and the insurance has declined , since they didn’t disclose the product.


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Maybe I will do it this weekend only about 20 feet total from the water heater to furnace and back. Strange thing is it was installed in 2013 by the geo company long after it should have been in the dumpster. Rest of the house is PEX and copper.

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mimico_polak said:
@crankcall you just terrified me...but Kevin never installed KiTec from what I see. Whew.

Looks like I'll have to remove the bottom riser / tread at the very least to see what the eff is going on back there. It's very possible the interior waterproofing is flowing along the wall and where it meets the stairs there's nothing there, so it's soaking there and then flowing into the laundry. Possible....hopeful.
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Yikes. I think you're peeling an onion. Peel a layer off and there's still another layer of onion.

Call a pool company and have a liner made. Place has to be worth more with an indoor pool.
 
Mad Mike said:
Yikes. I think you're peeling an onion. Peel a layer off and there's still another layer of onion.

Call a pool company and have a liner made. Place has to be worth more with an indoor pool.
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Well this is reassuring…
 
Just an update for those that dont know what Kitec was. ( I didn't) . It was a competitor to Pex plastic plumbing that used an aluminum foil core inside the plastic, they claimed better insulated and less expansion and contraction.
What happened was the aluminum would touch brass alloy fittings at junctions , add water and some static electricity and you created a battery sort of, a galvanic reaction that over time will VERY slowly start a leak .
Class action lawsuit followed and now homes are grandfathered in , but if you buy a home new to you your uninsurable till you get it out.

It was very popular in Ontario with literally thousands of homes having it. More frightening is hundreds of hi rise apts and condos have it and its buried in concrete .
 
Yup a friend of mine had to pay something like $3000 in her condo to have the stuff removed (Kitec). They reno'd the entire building. Younge & Sheppard area.
I'll stick with copper thanks, which seems in short supply, my local HD has none.
 
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