Stopping Water Leaks In A Concrete Basement Crack
Many owners of homes wish to finish their basements. This allows them to increase the home’s living space and increase resale value. Unfortunately, many basements have cracks that allow water to enter the living space. Before you remodel your home’s basement, you must ensure that no water gets through a foundation crack and gets the insulation, studs and carpet wet.
Why Cracks Happen
Concrete foundations crack. In fact, it is very rare in modern homes to find a foundation that does not have cracks in it. Cracking is a normal process of the concrete curing. As the concrete cures it shrinks. This shrinkage causes stresses that must be relieved by the concrete cracking. Your contractor knows this and places steel reinforcing bars (rebar) inside the wall to maintain the strength of the concrete foundation.
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