Basement parging is often seen as an added decoration that completes the look of a home s exterior.
Parging basement floor.
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While decorative parging can indeed lift any drabby looking home old or new this practice adds an extra layer of protection for your home s foundation.
Holes 1 inch or deeper require a concrete mix with coarse crushed stone aggregate which bonds well with existing concrete.
The floor is very dusty and hard to clean.
However a lot of homeowners misunderstand just what parging is and why it s important for keeping your interior dry.
Is the parging around your house cracking or in need of repair.
Too much moisture will result in mold and mildew is bad for.
This product is designed to coat or repair imperfections in poured conc.
Hgtv canada twitter fan joanneturnbull asked i have a crack in the parging on the front of my house.
Simply pouring wet concrete into a hole in your driveway sidewalk or basement floor won t make for a lasting repair.
You have to prep the edges correctly and use the right materials.
Working in a flooding basement.
Trouble is parging usually starts to look pretty bad in a short time.
Shallower holes need a sand mix.
My basement floor is very rough especially the crawlspace portion of it.
Parging is a thin plaster like coating of cement based mortar that s often applied to exterior blocks and other foundation walls to make them look better and supposedly last longer.
Wall and floor waterproof paint.
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What are my next steps mike holmes answered parging can be diy as long as you do it right.
During a rainy season a crack in a basement wall can allow an inch or two of water in but before you seek to repair the crack remove all the water from the floor.
Or would it crack and start to chip over time.
Stone pointing and brick pointing.
Think this would be a good idea.
I ve been toying with the idea of parging a smooth surface to it using parging paint mixed with adhesive before i paint.
Mike holmes helps answer this home dilemma question facing many homeowners.