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Waterproofing Solutions For A Dry Safe Home
A leaking cellar can be cause for major concern in any home. This is usually caused due to damp problems which don't only lead straight to damage of the structural properties of the house but also to health concerns for occupants of the building. Therefore it's supreme that you ensure your house is free of damp and the most effective way to do that is by waterproofing your house. Before beginning any effort in waterproofing your house, the very first thing you have to do is to find the root of the problem. There are countless ways that water can find its way into your building. The two most common methods are thru poor drainage that leads to water being steered towards your house rather than away from it and a rising table particularly during the stormy season which causes an increase in the hydrostatic stress on the walls and the floor from outside and beneath.
If the problem is one that is caused by poor drainage, you will have to take measures to fix the drainage outside the house like by building drainage troughs that guide water away from the house. Alternatively if the drainage problem is due to the landscape, you can install an interior drainage system by opening the floor fringe and placing French drains under the floor at the junction of the floor and the wall. These will effectively make sure that your cellar stays dry by quickly directing away water to the drainage. French drains can also be utilized for waterproofing on main walls but only during construction. For finished homes it can only be utilized in the interior.
For basements in which flooding is caused by the rising water level a better solution will be to utilise a hole drainage system ( CDS ). In this situation, the ceiling, walls and floors of the cellar are lined with a high density plastic membrane which in itself is waterproof. Beneath this membrane is an air space in which free movement of any accumulated water can occur as it is led thru a drainage system out of the building. Like in other waterproofing methodologies, the drainage is usually installed at the floor-wall junctions and the drainage opens out to some point outside the building. A pump is usually installed often to act as a failsafe mechanism in case the water does not flow naturally out of the cellar.
Another common technique of waterproofing basements is the utilising of a cementitious multi-coat render. In this situation, multiple coats of water evidence cement combined with sand to form a dense mix are applied to the floors and wall of the cellar. To make the render stick on decisively, the walls and floors are usually bush hammered to get rid of any materials that have already been degraded by water and to form a firm base for the render.
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