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    new member. what is on my basement walls??

    When we bought the house the guy that flipped it said it had drywall overtop and he removed it because it was falling apart. He told me he thought it was old method of a vapor barrier but this is coming from the same guy that ran my gutters uphill...
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    new member. what is on my basement walls??

    If I touch it straight on it is hard and rough. When I pinch a corner or edge it breaks off and crumbles in my fingers. I would say about at strong as drywall without the paper but it feels more like a stone or plaster. When I pinch it it does not compress at all. It breaks into many many...
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    new member. what is on my basement walls??

    Its not quite like stucco. Very brittle if I scratch at it it falls off and makes a mess. From what I can tell there is no mesh or other substrate either.
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    new member. what is on my basement walls??

    Hello to all. I bought my first home a few months ago and i havent stopped improving since. So far half the basement I have cleaned and dryloked (awesome stuff) and wow what a difference in moisture. The other side of the basement tho has like a green fiber like mortar on it that I cant...
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