Right before we came home from the church, we got a day of heavy rain, and --sure enough--more leaks in the furnace room. I know, right? So we called the patient Scott at Paul Davis and left a key for them in a lockbox, and they came out and did more repairs. They think the problem is high hydrostatic pressure beneath the church, and water is forcing its way up between the concrete pad and the wall, where they meet. They have jackhammered out a trench all along the base of the wall, tarred it, put in a waterproof lining and dimpleboard, installed a tile leading into the sump pump (I'm beginning to think this entire building depends on that sump pump), and then cemented it all over again. They also did something with gravel and sand to correct a negative slope. They'll come back on Monday to clean up and doublecheck it all. All done very cheerfully, without fuss, and without further cost. Isn't that amazing? What a great company!
If this fix doesn't work, I'm just going to install a pond liner in the basement and throw in a couple of koi.
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