Interior crack injections

Posted Mar 31, 2021 in Foundation Crack Repair, Waterproofing

Show­ing inte­ri­or cracks that have nev­er been repaired would be too easy. Let’s dive into the more chal­leng­ing crack repairs, the pre­vi­ous homeowner’s DIY repair.

We chose this par­tic­u­lar crack repair because this was attempt­ed at least two dif­fer­ent times. The first time the crack was repaired with an old school tech­nique that required chis­el­ing the crack out and fill­ing it with a prod­uct sim­i­lar to hydraulic cement. The sec­ond attempt was a new­er tech­nique with a flex­i­ble fix in a can. In the end, both repairs were unsuccessful.

Crack injection 1
1.) Scrape off the spray can materials on the wall to access the first repair.
Crack injection 2
2.) Chisel/drill out the old repair in the foundation wall. This step requires us to find the original crack within the foundation wall.
Crack injection 3
3.) Embed injection ports into the voids in the wall. Fill in chipped out voids with a quick set hardener and cover the crack with the epoxy patch. Additional epoxy will be needed around the ports and filled in the voids.
Crack injection 4
4.) Inject crack from bottom to top, from inside and outside of the foundation.
Crack injection 5

Many prob­lems can be pre­vent­ed by tak­ing sim­ple pre­cau­tions while oth­ers may require a more com­pli­cat­ed approach. If you are expe­ri­enc­ing dif­fi­cul­ty resolv­ing a foun­da­tion, base­ment, crawl­space or a drainage issue, con­tact your friends at Fam­i­ly Water­proof­ing Solu­tions today.

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  • You and your crew did a great job in our base­ment and crawl­space. You went the extra mile to insure that all of our water seep­age prob­lems are over. We would rec­om­mend you high­ly to oth­er peo­ple. Your qual­i­ty and time­ly work out­match­es all the others.

    William
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    Ed
  • We con­tract­ed Fam­i­ly Water­proof­ing Solu­tions for exte­ri­or wall seal­ing and foun­da­tion crack repair ser­vices. Ken was very thor­ough in explain­ing the work that would be done, and his crew did a great job. This busi­ness was a plea­sure to work with.

    Stacie T.