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Wednesday, 24 November 2010 12:02 |
 When it comes to your foundation, the pressure is always on. Everywhere you turn outside water is trying to breech your foundation walls and take a leak in your basement.
Scientists and engineers and contractors call this hydrostatic pressure. You can call it whatever you want. This pressure can come from anywhere: Rain running off a roof and toward your house, a high water table, and faulty gutter systems are the most common sources of hydrostatic pressure on a foundation. Wind-whipped rain is the most common cause of hydrostatic pressure on an exterior, above-grade wall. Sometimes interior condensation can be mistaken for seepage due to hydrostatic pressure.
Solving this problem is fairly straight forward... relieve the pressure.
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