Basement waterproofing - tar or no tar?


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Old 04-25-22, 01:05 PM
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Basement waterproofing - tar or no tar?

Guys - quick question. Is tar application during waterproofing still done or that's no longer a common practice? My basement waterproofing's contract stated they will do it but they said 'that must have been the old contract' later on and said tar application was only done 20 years ago. Hence, they didn't apply a skim coat of cement or the tar application

From the contract - Block foundation walls only will have a skim coat of cement prior to foundation tar application

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Old 04-25-22, 01:15 PM
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Everything else was done except the 5th bullet
 
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Old 04-25-22, 05:38 PM
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The membrane is what does the work.
 
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Old 04-25-22, 05:45 PM
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So I guess you think it's no big deal that the tar was skipped?
 
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Nope.
 
 

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