Hello, Just bought an older house (1905), so this is probably the first of many posts :). We had a heavy rainstorm today and I noticed a small amount of water leaking into the unfinished basement (not down the walls, but coming out by the floor). I looked outside and where the parging meets the sidewalk there is some separation (about 1/8 of an inch). It looks like they used to be connected and the separation is now a crack. How do I seal this gap/separation? I thought about using concrete, but I imagine over time it would crack again as the house/parging/sidewalk continues to settle. Thanks!

Hey, im planning on finishing the basement. live in an old brownstone with a basement that is between 7'6" and about 6'6" on the opposite side. too low for code. The footers are more than 8' deep so I spent the last week breaking up the existing concrete floor, pulling out the old concrete and excavating some dirt to level it out. I'm going to move the floor drain to the other side of the basement where the furnace is, lay other rough in plumbing for the wet bar and bathroom, lay gravel and then poly and re pour a new basement floor. Then I'm going to lay down a Drycore subfloor and carpet/tile the basement. Now My questions are, 1. should the floor drain be at the level of the concrete so water in the small space under the Drycore can make its way to the floor drain and incase of flooding it will make its way to the floor drain? Or should the top of the floor drain be at the level of the finished tile? 2. If so what grade do I need the concrete floor at so water moves to the floor drain? The basement is crazy dry and have had no water issues...