Supershine
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Hi everyone,
I recently had a basement walkout entrance built, but I've run into a problem.
It is a set of stairs running along the side of the house with the house foundation on one side of the stairs and a 10" poured concrete retaining wall on the other side of the stairs. The retaining wall is not sitting on a typical footing but rather a 6" poured concrete slab which also serves as the floor of the walkout. This was all designed by a reputable engineer.
The problem is that when I tried flooding the soil to get it to settle I found water seeping through the joint between the retaining wall and the concrete slab at the bottom of the stairs.
The wall is waterproofed with tar and the plastic waterproofing liner that you often see on foundation walls. In the pictures I took during the build I notice that it looks like the tar was not placed all the way to the joint at the bottom.
There is also a weeping tile connected to the original house weeping tile.
I have been told the following by three different people:
1. the older weeping tile may be blocked causing the new weeping tile not to work properly.
2. the leaking will eventually stop once the soil compacts in time.
3. don't worry about it because I had flooded it with water and that much water will never show up in one spot during a rainfall.
How serious is all this? I would love to hear some experienced opinions.
Thanks!
I recently had a basement walkout entrance built, but I've run into a problem.
It is a set of stairs running along the side of the house with the house foundation on one side of the stairs and a 10" poured concrete retaining wall on the other side of the stairs. The retaining wall is not sitting on a typical footing but rather a 6" poured concrete slab which also serves as the floor of the walkout. This was all designed by a reputable engineer.
The problem is that when I tried flooding the soil to get it to settle I found water seeping through the joint between the retaining wall and the concrete slab at the bottom of the stairs.
The wall is waterproofed with tar and the plastic waterproofing liner that you often see on foundation walls. In the pictures I took during the build I notice that it looks like the tar was not placed all the way to the joint at the bottom.
There is also a weeping tile connected to the original house weeping tile.
I have been told the following by three different people:
1. the older weeping tile may be blocked causing the new weeping tile not to work properly.
2. the leaking will eventually stop once the soil compacts in time.
3. don't worry about it because I had flooded it with water and that much water will never show up in one spot during a rainfall.
How serious is all this? I would love to hear some experienced opinions.
Thanks!