I guess the first mistake I made was buying a house as is. I am now finding the walls in the basement seem to leak. I also notice, NOW, that the previous owners used anything they could to fill in cracks in the mortar. I am at a loss. I have talked to a few people who recommended using Quickrete Hydraulic water stop cement to fill the holes and then to use Quickwall surface bonding cement over the remainder of the wall to cover any chance of additional leakage. I do know, we have a problem with the gutters and it is being addressed, so that should help with the amount of water going towards the house. Does anyone have any idea if this will work. I hate to spend the money and time doing this for it not to work. Thanks!!!

I'm finishing my basement and having trouble deciding what type of insulation and moisture barrier I need. I'm not a big fan of furring strips as that requires drilling holes and pounding nails into poured concrete. Could I go with rigid foam board for the moisture barrier, then build 4" framed, insulated wall against that? Or is that kind of overkill? Basement: Poured concrete, central Kentucky region, 7 years old. The wall at the rear of the house is completely above ground, the wall at the front of the house is completely below ground. I have zero moisture problems currently, but have yet to tape plastic to the wall.