Over the last year or so, water has begun seeping through the cinderblock walls in one section of my basement.
At first this was only during a particularly heavy downpour of rain. Now even prolonged, steady rain will cause this to happen.
At its worst, the water actually squirts out of the bottom blocks in two locations, but "weeps" out along the walls in the section starting about 5 feet from the ground.
When this happens, you can actually hear the water running inside the cinderblock wall.
I've spoken to several folks about this and am eyeing a number of solutions. I attempted one and the results are puzzling me, hence this question.
Since I already have an interior french drain installed, I drilled about a dozen weep holes along the bottom row of cinderblock.
My thinking was to relieve the hydrostatic pressure building up within the walls and to give the water a means of egress.
(At least for the time being - this Spring I would very much like to work on keeping the water outside the home altogether by resealing the cinderblock from the outside. But I digress.)
Over the last 24 hours there has been a lot of rain.
I expected to see the water running out of the weep holes I just drilled.
Although some water is dripping out of them, the entire wall, starting about 5 feet from the ground, is still streaked with "weeping" water.
I am at a loss.
If I understand correctly, there should be no more hydrostatic pressure. The water should take the path of least resistance, and flow to the bottom of the blocks.
As the blocks start to fill with water, the water should pour out of the weep holes.
There should not be five feet of water in the blocks! Why are they leaking so high up?
(to be clear - they blocks aren't leaking where they reach the ceiling - rather, they're leaking/weeping about 2/3 up from the ground (5 feet)).
Any and all thoughts and suggestions would be most welcome! Thank you.
At first this was only during a particularly heavy downpour of rain. Now even prolonged, steady rain will cause this to happen.
At its worst, the water actually squirts out of the bottom blocks in two locations, but "weeps" out along the walls in the section starting about 5 feet from the ground.
When this happens, you can actually hear the water running inside the cinderblock wall.
I've spoken to several folks about this and am eyeing a number of solutions. I attempted one and the results are puzzling me, hence this question.
Since I already have an interior french drain installed, I drilled about a dozen weep holes along the bottom row of cinderblock.
My thinking was to relieve the hydrostatic pressure building up within the walls and to give the water a means of egress.
(At least for the time being - this Spring I would very much like to work on keeping the water outside the home altogether by resealing the cinderblock from the outside. But I digress.)
Over the last 24 hours there has been a lot of rain.
I expected to see the water running out of the weep holes I just drilled.
Although some water is dripping out of them, the entire wall, starting about 5 feet from the ground, is still streaked with "weeping" water.
I am at a loss.
If I understand correctly, there should be no more hydrostatic pressure. The water should take the path of least resistance, and flow to the bottom of the blocks.
As the blocks start to fill with water, the water should pour out of the weep holes.
There should not be five feet of water in the blocks! Why are they leaking so high up?
(to be clear - they blocks aren't leaking where they reach the ceiling - rather, they're leaking/weeping about 2/3 up from the ground (5 feet)).
Any and all thoughts and suggestions would be most welcome! Thank you.