Water shows up in our basement whenever we get a big enough storm. And that’s never fun. Well, this time around, I took the time to check a bit more into the problem. It turns out we have more than one problem.

First of all, we have a crack in the foundation. I talked to our neighbor (he’s a contractor), and he said the crack can be fixed pretty easily using hydraulic cement. The same can be used to fix the leak in the other end of the basement where the water main comes through the foundation. We just need to wait for a nice dry day.

On top of that, however, we have water getting in the wall upstairs and draining down into the basement. We’re not sure where it’s coming in exactly, but hopefully that won’t be too hard to get fixed either.

Of course, I found out we need a new roof too. Sigh.