RE: How have the repairs held up?

Oct 22, 2020
11:09:59pm

The Aardvark Walk-on

Don't know. I was selling the house and gave the buyers credit toward the closing costs instead of getting it done myself.

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Any idea on what it costs to get a couple of small cracks sealed in an

Mexicougazul

10/22/20 9:35pm

Do it yourself. Rent a jack hammer to open the crack up a bit then fill with water activated epoxy.

Soupie

10/22/20 9:41pm

I am the least handy person I know. There is evidence that there's been slow

Mexicougazul

10/22/20 9:44pm

Oh. If cracks are on walls, may be able to just seal up with paint on water proofing. If you can work

Soupie

10/22/20 9:46pm

Don't buy that house. Find another one.

Ssebo

10/22/20 10:02pm

Aren't small cracks fairly common in a house after 30 years? I honestly don't

Mexicougazul

10/22/20 10:07pm

Why risk it?

Ssebo

10/22/20 10:12pm

Every foundation has cracks in it. It's what concrete does. If it's not a structural problem, seal it and live on.

Cru Jones

10/22/20 10:42pm

Sounds good.

Ssebo

10/22/20 10:57pm

I don't mean that in a bad way. You guys know more than me on this. Gees Soupy.

Ssebo

10/22/20 11:11pm

You earned that eye roll fair & square.

Soupie

10/22/20 11:13pm

RE: You earned that eye roll fair & square.

Ssebo

10/22/20 11:22pm

Cracks on the walls and floor would make me worried. But pray about it. If you

Ssebo

10/22/20 10:14pm

Been praying like crazy. House is well priced for the market all things consider

Mexicougazul

10/22/20 10:23pm

Meh. Nearly every 30 y/o house can have hairline cracks. If they don't run the length of the wall or floor &

Soupie

10/22/20 10:31pm

Concrete is always going to crack, 30 yo concrete will have cracks. Seal it with something like in Soupie's link above

Cru Jones

10/22/20 10:41pm

Just put carpet over them.

Cobra Venom

10/22/20 10:15pm

RE: Any idea on what it costs to get a couple of small cracks sealed in an

The Aardvark

10/22/20 10:41pm

How have the repairs held up?

Mexicougazul

10/22/20 11:02pm

RE: How have the repairs held up?

The Aardvark

10/22/20 11:09pm

I had some hairline cracks like this in my basement

willkie40

10/23/20 7:08am

If they are not structural, the only other thing that matters is water penetration. If the property is well drained

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