Method for repairing and draining leaking cracks in basement walls
OwnerLawrence M. Janeskyinventor
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Abstract
A method for repairing and concealing a crack in the interior surface of a basement wall, and for draining water admitted through the crack into a drain at the base of the wall. The method involves the steps of covering the crack, along the length thereof and down to the drain, with a thin, narrow strip of a water-absorbing, water-wicking fabric such as a layer of plastic foam or woven cotton. Thereafter a thin barrier layer of an elastomeric caulk composition is spread thereover and beyond the edges thereof onto the surface of the basement wall to channel the flow of water from the wall crack, through the layer of wicking fabric, and down into the drain.
Claims10
Method for repairing and draining a leaking crack in a basement wall which comprises the steps of:
- (a) applying over the length of the crack a thin narrow strip of a water-absorbing water-wicking fabric which extends down to a water drain at the base of the wall;
- (b) applying over said strip of water-wicking fabric a strip of a water-barrier layer which encloses said strip of water-wicking fabric along the length thereof and extends beyond the edges thereof and is bonded to the basement wall, to permit water leaking from the crack in the basement wall to be absorbed by the strip of water-absorbing fabric and to be wicked down beneath the water barrier layer to escape into the water drain at the base of the wall.
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