User-101
2021-10-16 08:45:48
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Hello everyone,
I am asking for your advice on how to proceed with the unplanned renovation of my basement.
Initial situation: Residential house from 1935, the relevant building section was added later in 1962. The room is used as a hobby and guest room, so it should be and remain habitable. So far, no significant moisture in the wall could be detected. Due to a flooding of the basement, I had to tear up the screed. Under the screed were 2 cm of Styrofoam and a damaged (porous) horizontal moisture barrier (bitumen sheet).
After 2 days, when the exposed floor was well dried, there is a about 1 meter long water strip visible on the floor slab at one wall, which has been there unchanged for 10 days. So water seems to be seeping in.
How can I best get to the bottom of the problem? Can I get by with a curtain injection here – or with a cove fillet? The new screed will, of course, also get a bitumen sheet, but that will hardly be enough…
External renovation is of course best, but unfortunately only possible if I excavate the neighbor’s garden (which borders directly).
We bought the house in May. Due to the water damage, our entire modernization schedule has been disrupted. And now also a leaking basement wall connection. I am extremely grateful for any tips!
The water stood about 30 cm high. It is theoretically possible that there is material there that stores water and slowly releases it again. However, all other areas of the basement floor are dry. I fear that the connection between the floor slab and the wall is not completely tight. Can something like this be addressed with a curtain injection? How would you proceed here?
I am asking for your advice on how to proceed with the unplanned renovation of my basement.
Initial situation: Residential house from 1935, the relevant building section was added later in 1962. The room is used as a hobby and guest room, so it should be and remain habitable. So far, no significant moisture in the wall could be detected. Due to a flooding of the basement, I had to tear up the screed. Under the screed were 2 cm of Styrofoam and a damaged (porous) horizontal moisture barrier (bitumen sheet).
After 2 days, when the exposed floor was well dried, there is a about 1 meter long water strip visible on the floor slab at one wall, which has been there unchanged for 10 days. So water seems to be seeping in.
How can I best get to the bottom of the problem? Can I get by with a curtain injection here – or with a cove fillet? The new screed will, of course, also get a bitumen sheet, but that will hardly be enough…
External renovation is of course best, but unfortunately only possible if I excavate the neighbor’s garden (which borders directly).
We bought the house in May. Due to the water damage, our entire modernization schedule has been disrupted. And now also a leaking basement wall connection. I am extremely grateful for any tips!
The water stood about 30 cm high. It is theoretically possible that there is material there that stores water and slowly releases it again. However, all other areas of the basement floor are dry. I fear that the connection between the floor slab and the wall is not completely tight. Can something like this be addressed with a curtain injection? How would you proceed here?