Visiting daughter and family in Ks. She has small project for me...Their House (10 yr old) main floor has structural weakness. Floor moves. Only one sheeting 3/4 plywood. Joists (8 or 10's?) 16" on center. Looking for help. Any ideas? They had someone look at it and they said they needed shoring? I think this means bracing between joists...? I will arrive in two weeks so will have better picture then. Also plan to finnish basement (1200SQ ') Exposed Cement walls need to be covered. I am planning drywall over 2x2 frame work. I peeked at DYI who suggested painting and or vissqueen under framing. Looking for ideas...?> This forum is great idea. Curtis

I recently finished framing and insulation my basement walls and today started drywalling them when I saw a stream of water on the floor (raining all day today). It seems to be coming from the top of the foundation wall. Addtionally there are drips our of a conduit nearby (goes to an exterior receptacle). I went outside and determined that a flood of water was coming down the face of my house (near the leak) due to a clogged gutter. I fixed that and within minutes the leak in the basement stopped except for some dripping from the conduit. My question is... What do I do now? For the conduit situation I was planning on using some expanding spray foam and recaulking the box. Additionally the top wood plate that sits on top of the foudation wall was wet (about 8 feet worth). Is there anything from either inside or outside of the house that I can do to prevent this problem again? Obviously I'll make sure the gutters are always cleaned. Thanks for your thoughts.