Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

[Mhurron]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Concrete is porous and can act like a sponge. That's what he's saying.

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

So it's feasible that the thousands of Dollars my dad spent to have a company did a 3 foot trench around the entire house and re-cement the foundation might have just been patchwork?

We had problems with the basement getting flooded after heavy rainfall, but more specifically, the window bays accumulated water faster than it could be soaked through the ground..

Our housing design is wierd though. Initially, the elevation of the house was about 6 feet higher- what is our basement always was the basement, but it wasn't completely underground. There were some issues with some neighbors on the block or something and the "Slope" designs of our driveways and pretty much everyone had to get a shit-ton of dirt to raise the overall level of the block. Pretty much, you used to have to walk up steps to get to the front door, and now it's ground level.

So I'm not sure if it was from the adding of dirt in comparison to a housing exterior that wasn't designed to be below ground or what, but we used to get leaks all the time.

Since my dad had the cement work done, we haven't had problems, but you're saying that in a few years, they might resurface!?

Is there even a problem?
How can we check?

Is there a way to reinforce it from the inside? We haven't even done work on the basement - it's more or less a place we put all our junk. No carpeting, so wall paneling, no significant lighting.

[Feba]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

That's what he's saying.

Ah, well yeah. And of course the whole 'freezing water = cracks' thing is also a problem.

[Mhurron]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Ah, well yeah. And of course the whole 'freezing water = cracks' thing is also a problem.

Which is only a problem because concrete can be a sponge.

[Feba]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

yep.

Of course, being a sponge isn't a big deal if you build it in the middle of a desert.

[Taskmage]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Good call.

[Callisto]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Is there a way to reinforce it from the inside? We haven't even done work on the basement - it's more or less a place we put all our junk. No carpeting, so wall paneling, no significant lighting.

Maybe dig some sort of drainage that tunnels the excess water to your neighbors' basements instead.

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Maybe dig some sort of drainage that tunnels the excess water to your neighbors' basements instead.

That would interfere with the contruction of our Evil Lair.

[TheGrandMom]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Maybe dig some sort of drainage that tunnels the excess water to your neighbors' basements instead.

Considering my current basement condition this is just PURE EVIL! ><

[Callisto]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

When you live in shitty apartments long enough you learn to not feel sympathy for those who actually own such luxuries as basements and garages.

[Taskmage]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Evil basement eh?

Penny Arcade! - The Crevice

[Callisto]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Heh actually I thought more of the furnace from Home Alone.

[WishMaster3K]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Deepcrow!!!! Deeeeepcrowww!!!! >.<

[Taskmage]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

An episode of Charmed came to mind also, but I have to ration my cool points very carefully if I want to admit to things like that on a regular basis. <_<

[Mhurron]

Re: Official bored at work / just shooting the shit / no rails to derail thread

Too late.