While there was a bit of settling here and there and the occasional weed or two you need to pull out of the cracks, for the most part, I was impressed at how maintenance free it was. The primary reason we went with pavers (aside from looks) is that we felt it'd survive the MN winters better and is a whole lot easier to repair if it ever needs to be. Unfortunately, that is neither a cheap nor easy solution, but will say the pavers looked a lot better than the concrete in the end. Never had water leak in that side of the house again. Our eventual paver patio ended up being about 10' out from the house, and slopped probably 8" from one end to the other. I may have overcorrected the slope (the patio was noticeably sloped but I figured it was better safe than sorry. This fixed our water problems completely. I then put down 2" of sand, concrete pavers, and polymeric joint sand. I then brought in 4" of crushed rock and compacted the based ensuring I had significant slope AWAY from the house. This presses against the walls of your basement, leading to cracks in the foundation that water can seep through. I had a team come in with jack hammers and skid steers to remove the slab. During times of heavy rain, the discharge of water from your gutters (or in extreme cases, from the rain itself) will cause the soil immediately around your home to expand. That'd work for a season or two but inevitably the seasonal freeze/thaw cycles would open everything up again and I'd have to get more patch.Īs we wanted to finish the basement, the eventual fix was for us to tear out the entire concrete patio and replace it.
#Water in basement after heavy rain crack
I purchased quite a bit of concrete crack repair (caulk) and filled in as many of the cracks as I could and all along the joint between the concrete patio and the foundation. Whenever we got a severe downpour, we'd get a few puddles in the basement coming in from the footer. As it was a monolithic slab (and was in MN) it also had huge cracks all over the place. Someone had previously tried to remedy this by applying a leveling compound on top that was now flaking off. By the time we purchased the house, the slab was sloped towards the foundation. Unfortunately, whoever poured it did a terrible job. One side of the house had a concrete slab. I had this exact same problem at my previous house. By the sounds of it, it's actually routing water towards your foundation. Based on your clarifying comments, I come to the same conclusion that you 's the concrete slab that's the issue.
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