I am in the process of finishing my basement, but before I do so, I want to address the water issues that I am having. I know I'm having water issues because there was water trapped between in the fiberglass and the poly vapor which kept the fiberglass along the basement wall. I've removed all the fiberglass because I was going to have spray foam done and I wanted to see if there was anything going on on the foundation (there isn't). So figured the water was all condensation. Unfortunately I've seen some small drip marks where the top of the foundation meets the wood (sill plate?). So I am worried that there is a water leak and would like to know what the source of water is before I go ahead with the foam. I have water coming into my basement in two points: 1. In the front under where my porch is (flower bed in front of porch) 2. At the back where the steps of my patio run up to the sliding door. The issue is that I have tried spraying the hell out of both areas with my hose and no water is coming through. I've sprayed the flower bed in front of my porch and the porch itself. The foundation actually is against the back of my porch, not the front of the flower bed, but I sprayed both just in case. The amount of water that accumulated over the years is very little. There's some wet fiberglass in both areas, but none of the water made it to the floor to pool, etc. So part of me thinks this is still just condensation otherwise I'd have puddles on my floor if it were a leak. We get enough rain and snow here (Toronto) to think that a leak would cause more water than what I have. That said, the drip marks which start at the top of the foundation have me a bit worried - I don't think condensation would do that. I have pictures in the links below. Front: [url]https://goo.gl/photos/7VCCWnk6GNpfuMqo6[/url] Back: [url]https://goo.gl/photos/aVVGxwjwhWCdV3st9[/url] A few notes: *The house is fairly new (2010). The builder installed an exterior weeping tile system. *I had the house parged up in the back where the steps meet the house because of the water issue. That did not help.

Hi all, First post! I've got a three-story row-style house that has an extension on the first floor with a deck on top of it. At the back of the first floor, we have water coming inside between the floor and wall whenever we get heavy rain. We have both a problematic gutter AND a poor drainage situation, the latter causing water to pool around the back of the house when there's a lot of rain. We're trying to confirm if the water is coming in from the standing water on the ground level OR if it's coming in from the top of the wall due to bad gutter installation! I am leaning in favor of the latter because: a) The Gutters are installed UNDER the fascia board, so water that splashes out of the gutter can go under/behind the fascia board. There's also virtually no overhang/soffit. b) I have dug up around the base of the wall and not found anything that looks like a leak. c) We've put some sheet metal trim around the back of the gutter and adjusted the downspout from the third floor roof to minimize splashing, and this seems to have helped with the amount of water coming in, though I am not yet sure we've resolved it. Does anyone have any thoughts on how I can confirm this is the leak source? Is this kind of installation (i.e. behind/under the fascia board instead of on it) common? I can post some pics later today when I get home from work, if it's helpful. Thank you in advance for your thoughts and any ideas! We can't get someone to come out and pull the floors and walls out to fix them and kill off all the mold until we figure out the leak! Thanks again, grrollins