Using Concrete Motor To Fill Gaps In A Basement Wall

Under ordinary circumstances this gap is too small to admit water.

Using concrete motor to fill gaps in a basement wall.

The water being blocked by the sealant will find another gap in your foundation to enter the home. The ergonomically designed filler easily reaches into narrow cracks and saturates the space created by the crack. It works perfectly as a concrete expansion joint sealant. Stuff the rod into the gap filling it up to about 1 4 inch from the surface of the concrete.

After the walls have cured the basement floor is poured leaving a similar tiny gap known as the cove joint between the cured walls and newly poured floor. Use the end of a putty knife to push the rod firmly into the gap. You don t have to bother about proportioning or mixing as this liquid cement crack filler is ready to use. If necessary use multiple rods.

Typically this will be cracks in your foundation. Use a smooth even motion filling the crack flush with the surface beveling it if it s against the house. However it will eventually fail in one of two ways. In the short term a sealant applied along this gap between your basement floor and wall may prevent leakage.

Even so the new concrete does not bond with the already cured footings so a tiny gap exists between the two. Snip the opening of the tube at a 30 degree angle making the opening the same size as your gap.