Crack In Basement Wall

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Not too large, but what is the best way to patch it? :-?

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  • myfrogger6th June, 2004

    hydraulic cement

  • curtbixel9th June, 2004

    Ditto - hydraulic cement. If you have not worked with this before, take some time to learn about it. With regular cement, you have a lot of time to work with it. Hydraulic cement is different. It sets up extremely fast. If you are not good with at trowel, you can run out of time quickly and end up with a bucket of rock hard cement.

    One tip is that the colder water you use, the longer it will take to set up. This will give you more time to work with it. I could not work with the trowel fast enough, so I just put on some work gloves and pushed the stuff in with my hands.

    Good luck.

  • curtbixel9th June, 2004

    Ditto - hydraulic cement. If you have not worked with this before, take some time to learn about it. With regular cement, you have a lot of time to work with it. Hydraulic cement is different. It sets up extremely fast. If you are not good with at trowel, you can run out of time quickly and end up with a bucket of rock hard cement.

    One tip is that the colder water you use, the longer it will take to set up. This will give you more time to work with it. I could not work with the trowel fast enough, so I just put on some work gloves and pushed the stuff in with my hands.

    Good luck.

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