Crack Repair - Basically

Foundation crack repair with the FlexiSpan concrete crack repair system. The patented FlexiSpan system is the most effective foundation crack repair method on the market.
A basement wall crack in a poured basement foundation is generally caused by concrete shrinkage. This shrinkage can continue for three years after the basement wall has been initially poured and sometimes can occur even longer afterward. Even after this period, continued pressures, such as soil contraction and expansion, can cause further foundation cracks and separation. So a long-term solution is needed -- one that is flexible enough to permanently fix the crack even with continued wall movement.

Basement Systems has been repairing foundation cracks with various injection methods for many years. In fact, we were pioneers in applying polyurethane injection to residential basement wall cracks before anyone had heard of such a thing. Injecting sealant materials into concrete wall cracks was a big breakthrough at the time.

Therefore, if your crack repair method is injection alone, the crack will often get larger and re-leak. Soil expansion and contraction causes foundation movement and re-leaking will occur. We searched for a better way and now we have found it -- the FlexiSpan Foundation Wall Crack Repair System patented by Basement Systems. This is a method we've developed to permanently fix your wall crack and stop leakage.

Basement Repair - Basically

What is basement repair? Why do we need to repair or renovate our basement? What causes the damage? How much cost to repair the basement? Does this puzzle your mind when it comes to repairing?
Generally, its about a cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action. wicked, wick·ing, wicks To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks.

If you're basement waterproofing professional mentions the term, Wicking, it simply means that water is traveling up your wall.
How can this be? Doesn't gravity keep water closer to the Earth? How can water actually travel up my foundation walls, they're concrete? Those are all very good questions and for those are not familiar with constructions and renovations will surely let the contractors answer it for you, but I think, we should at least know the basic of this thing could happen.

To understand this term we have to understand the behavior of water. Water seeks it's own natural level. It does this by filling voids left in its path by displaced objects. The make up of water, or molecules, will bond to each other and actually push and tug in order to make this happen. Water can find its way through tinny openings through this push and pull molecular action.
Concrete has small openings in it left behind from its drying process. Water evaporates in a process called Curing. It leaves behind very small holes called micro-pores. The micro-pores, separated by thin layers of concrete, can be easily broken into with enough force. So, like a sponge with holes, concrete's holes invite water to seek it's own level by entering the voids left from the drying process.
Water pressure from the outside of the home can force more water into these pores. Eventually the water fills up the pores and starts seeking out other pores. More than likely the pores are above where the water is currently. It again uses the push and pull of its natural capillary action and slowly climbs up the concrete wall using the micro-pores.

With water climbing its way higher on your walls and the saturation level of the wall increasing, it's a matter of time before that water pushes through the final barrier and into your basement and this is the starting of your renovations or repairing story.