Summary: What's this gap for? Can it be filled with something?
I'm looking to start doing some radon mitigation. One area of uncertainty is a gap that's around 1/4" around the perimeter of my basement. It's an unfinished basement in the northeast with cinderblock walls. Does anyone know what this gap is for, and if it can be filled? I'm not even sure if radon could be coming up from here.
My basement level was 7.4, 1st floor living room 6.2, 1st floor bedroom 5.5, I think the central heat/ac system is spreading it. Not super high, but high enough that I want to start doing some things, I've already purchased sealed sump pump covers for the 2 sump pumps in the basement.
The gap looks like you have a drainage system around the perimeter of your basement. A drainage "pipe" carries flood water to your sump pump where it is pumped out.
The rectangular openings allow any water coming down the wall to enter the drainage pipe.
One of the hinges of my attic ladder got broken/bent. but ladder is perfectly fine.
But I can't find ladder hinges sold in Home Depot separately. I went to Amazon but the hinges sold look very different
any idea how to buy hinges seperately?
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Hi RFD'ers,
I have water in my basement. It is a new custom build in Southern Ontario, where during the backfill of the foundation, the waterproof membrane was damaged in a few areas. To limit the cost, waterproof membrane was installed in the interior of the house prior to the concrete floor being poured, which was to route the water to the weeping tile under the concrete and gravel and carry it away from the house. The basement plumbing has only been roughed in and the concrete floor where the basement bathroom is to be hasn't been concreted over as the toilet flange hasn't been installed yet.
It has been moderately raining for the past few days and I encountered this sight when I went to the house today.
I took a video of the areas where water is coming into the house. [url]https://youtu.be/nXdDWCygYlM[/url]
The basement is my main concern as the other areas where there look to have water seeping/dripping through could be explained by there not being any aluminum capping/flashing on the exterior of the house yet (fyi - we have a flat roof but pitched for drainage).
There is also no power to the house yet, so the sump pump is not working as yet. I know ideally, the outside waterproofing should be fixed so the water is managed properly before it gets into the house not after.
Question is should I be gravely concerned? I will be bringing this all up with the builder, but I know they will be coming up with explanations for this, so I want to know how much I should be pushing back on their statements.
I am going to frame and drywall the basement myself to save some money, but I need to get the basement water issues addressed first.
TIA.