I've written about the basement water.
It was ground water. No supply pipe there at all.
We dug with a back hoe down to 8ft, and found more and more big rocks
which were glued together with mud. Dirt sat atop them and sifted down
between them in the 50 years since the place was built.
So we sealed, and tar'd the wall and started filling with gravel. A cement
deck was poured, and at about 6ft, a sump basin and well was set. A french
drain was placed to let water run into the basin and more stone was poured
around that. dirt was poured in from about 3 ft deep and the pumps outlet
is running donwhill to a storm gutter 20 ft away.
Seems rain and ground water were meeting where the old french drain could
no longer allow freedom.
So, after about a year of this, I've removed the wet wood, and have
exposed 6,4 by 3ft of cement wall behind the knotty pine pannels.
I have gray to black marks on the cement from about 1ft high down to about
4 inches high for about 3 ft of wall.
I've sprayed it with the spray the plumber left me. I don't know if it's
invalid mold now; but I've since sprayed it with glass and tile cleaner in
a 1 to 1 concentrate from a 5 to 1 bottle.
Did I hear somewhere that the magic primer *Kilz* will put a complete end
to mold?
If not, what will, and trust me, I need do it before I place anything in
that hole. I'll wait till summer if I must.
So what is the final answer in ultimately finishing this mold?
Thanks
