We have a walk-in/daylight basement in our house. The house is on a slightly sloped hill and there is only one corner of the basement that has dirt along the full height of the wall.
We recently found a small (less than 12") wet spot along the middle of one of the walls. The wet spot is not going away so I'm assuming it is some form of foundation crack issue.
What is the best plan of attack for this issue? Tear apart the wall from the inside or excavate the outside wall?
I'm leaning towards excavating the outside wall as this would be less disruptive and I could then put in some better drainage along the wall to make sure water can't build up along the wall.
I'm assuming that I will have to seal the wall and attempt to patch the crack if I can find it.
I'm open to suggestions - it doesn't seem to be an emergency situation.
We recently found a small (less than 12") wet spot along the middle of one of the walls. The wet spot is not going away so I'm assuming it is some form of foundation crack issue.
What is the best plan of attack for this issue? Tear apart the wall from the inside or excavate the outside wall?
I'm leaning towards excavating the outside wall as this would be less disruptive and I could then put in some better drainage along the wall to make sure water can't build up along the wall.
I'm assuming that I will have to seal the wall and attempt to patch the crack if I can find it.
I'm open to suggestions - it doesn't seem to be an emergency situation.