How to WaterProof your Basement walls
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- In this video I will show you how to waterproof your basement walls with Rapid Set WaterProofing Mortar. If you have a leaky basement or moisture that seeps through your basement walls, this is the video for you. I hope you enjoy it and get a lot of good information!
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PRODUCTS AND TOOLS I USED:
-Rapid Set WaterProofing Mortar
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I was today years old when I found out you could paint with cement. I feel like there are some decorative ideas you could use this for.
Ah me too !! N I play with rapid set all the time ! 🧐❤️
Yeah I’ve been learning all kinds of neat stuff lately too watched this video were they took a blanket and soaked it in a cement slurry laid it over an open umbrella let it harden flipped it over and turned it into a crazy looking Bird bath been thinking about trying it out with some rapid set did some pretty cool cement molds with it already
@@darkwoodsstudio oh ya , I’ve made 6 foot tall figures using rapid set .. been 5 years ish and still standing strong .. giving all the local kids nightmares all year long ,, you just need a base that can hold the weight of the fabric and water n rapid set .. and dude .. trust me over 20 failed tries using my Portland sand mix .. it’s not the same . You need that hydraulic polymer (rapid set) concrete to have it work safely .. anyways great post thanks for sharing !! Make some cool stuff n hash tag rapid set .. I wanna see it - 💪
Can it be parged?
OH HELL YES! I was going to paint my logo on their wall for my “one step further” portion of the build but they found out what I was up to lol
what blew me away most in this was the demonstration and seeing the water seep through those blocks. Nuts.
I only have one word for you. AMAZING!!!!! Makes my top video ever. The instruction, precise, testing perfect. I am going to call Ready set and tell them to watch.
This is incredibly useful info!!! Thanks!!! Can't wait to see the new shed!
Sir, you did a righteous job. Thank you!!
GRRRREEAAAT review on an awesome product. Will certainly keep that in mind for the next time I need something like that. Can't wait to see the new shed. So excited for you Michael.
Thank you so much Sam!
Wow, great idea, great video and info. Thanks Michael!!
Great video! Showed me a better way to waterproof my basement interior and exterior wall. Love the barrier test at the end!
You’re freaking awesome. Not only did you show us nut you proved it works.
update on my post: I am doing this to my basement walls and floor. Walls are done and floor is almost done. So far it is working out great! I am also going over the rapidset afterwards with dryloc paint as well. This is the driest and nicest my basement has been in years. Big thanks for doing this video.
Wonderful
How is it holding up 9 months later?
@@angellas.1314 the walls are doing great so far, the floor is way better than before but still has minor issues only during periods of heavy heavy rain. There is just too much water pressure from below during these times. It is more due to the water table being high and the original floor that was done way back in the fifties. Overall thought it stays pretty dry down there.
@@roland5599the sad part is the only way to perm fix is spend like 40-50k with some company or try it yourself and pray lol. I've decided next house I dont want a basement. At the very least I recommend adding a sump pump though
Can you make a countertop out of this type of mortar?
nice demonstration
Very good presentation.
Awesome. I was just thinking about trying that out and I thought I’d check RUclips and here we are . Thank you
im glad i found your video. i built a tilt up house and am looking to waterproof the walls
Very good job !! At least will stop flooding in the garage , my garage have been flooded with heavy rain , it was leaking from the wall , I will try to this method !!!!!
Best Home Depot ad man
I'm doing the closing of my house and this video was very helpful thank you my friend 😊
Same position I’m in and this came right in time
Perfect timing, because I suggested your channel for a friend who got flooded during Hurricane Ida
So glad I'm subscribed to you i was literally omw to home depot and I just prepped my walls and seen this completely did a 360° and went with this for my basement thank you so much saved me money and time and most of all waterproofed my basement better than It was going to be , thanks for the video
Any updates on the product?
@Johnny definitely worth every penny walls are dry and actually feel insulated the temperature feels much better we had a few hard rain storms and not one spot just a few weeks ago I framed up the walls and drywall and finished the basement with a metallic resin epoxy floors the basement looks awesome 👌🏼 man cave compete, definitely owe this man because I don't think what I was going to use would stand up too how this did , 2 friends used it worked just as great so far no complaints
@@CHIRAQSAVAG3 not gonna lie I was surprised. I’m a licensed Waterproof are based out of California and I’m a big supporter of CTS which is Rapid Set parent company but when I was introduced to this product, I still have not used it. I use Xypex which is commercial grade Waterproofing. As you see I’m a licensed contractor and I am liable for the work. I do maybe one day might give this a try. Thank you for replying.
@Johnny I live in chicago and of course 99% have basements and I did test the product how he did with the cement blocks but I wrapped them with the product and I stacked them 5 high filled it with water and let it sit for days and nothing leaked I was convinced I did my all my walls and the outside edges around the house because alot of the times thats one of the main places water leaks thru but I layered in a little slope this opened the door for me just a whole game changer , im sure you'll get a chance or just try a project at home you won't regret it buddy , hope you the most success in your business as well
Michael finally sat down to catch up on your vids Great job, especially the test at the end
Awesome test.
Ty Michael for this information on this product. It is exactly what I need. Now let's hope my Home Depot has it!
Nope
Interesting product.
As far as the replacement shed, the entire video I was secretly rooting for a monolithic RapidSet pour for the foundation and floor.
Lol we actually talked about it but in the end I didn’t want Rapid Set to donate that much product and the timing was just off for several different reasons. But I really do think that we’ll do something like that in the future for sure
Cool test at the end.
Dude .. epic video like always .. you sir , have a gift for this ., thanks for always sharing your tips n tricks n fun rapid set projects .. plus damn love that music background .. 🔥
Thank you so so much! 😊
Great video about what looks like an amazing product. Thanks for going thru the needed steps to prep & apply. Dryloc alone failed in my application after a few years. Now that I’ve addressed slope & exterior drainage issues, I’m gonna give this product a try. Like one of your other commenters, I’ll be applying Dryloc primer & topcoat on top of the two coats of mortar. Yep, it’s a belt & suspenders approach, but I’ve never regretted “overbuilding”. Your straightforward presentation style has made me your newest subscriber.
Very good to know. Might be useful in the future. It doesn't solve the problem in my basement, though, water comes in through the windows if it rains too hard.
Gorilla patch and seal patches and spray
Great experiment & great video!
And a little lol on the microfiber roll. I think it'd be a bad idea for the same reason you HAVE to wet the wall before applying. It absorbs and retains the water from the mix. ;)
OMG I SO NEED THIS PRODUCT
Perfect perfect video
Work perfect for me
Thank you sir
You save me thousands of dollars
I am digging this stuff !!
Hi Michael, where do I send the check to? I called pond stores about water proofing my two story water fall holding pools, they said we don't do waterfalls, I called pool companies, they said to small of a job no thanks. Than I went to home depot where no one knew anything the rapid set products. Than I called rapid set. A guy named Alex was so kind and helpful. I knew what product to use at that point. I still had to be convinced. Your video convinced me and today I did it. two coats added SAKRETE cement coloring. I now have an amazing waterfall that is natural looking, water proof, good looking and I will tell everyone about you and your you tube video!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’m going to do my water fall concrete rock as well. So you use this and cement coloring? Some guy on RUclips was using exterior latex paint to make the concrete rocks look natural.
Sounds like a promising means of sealing stucco exteriors or maybe even doing concrete showers/bathrooms.
Wow !!!!!!!
Great video. Excellent attention to detail. Explanation clear and simple.
Can't wait to try this product.
👍👍👍 Bravo.
BTW.. Can u parge exterior walls with this product???
Great content !
Good job, plus bonus points
….. with your in-laws!
Tilt up concrete is when you build the wall on the ground , then lift it into place.. did some of it when i worked for a concrete company.
Awesome
Thank you
Thanks for sharing
Great video
This is Freak'in Great! This process will save me time and money! Thanks so much for explaining the product and its many uses! I did have one question, what was the surface of the wall before you put on the Mortar mix. I noticed that you wet the walls between coats but not before the first coat, is this correct?
I wonder how this would work as the initial coats when doing a concrete counter top pour using a mold. IE. line the mold with it before adding the rest of the concrete countertop mix and those coats would act as the top/edges of the finished countertop. Then you'd have a waterproof countertop.
Great video. Very informative…i addressed my water issue in the basement. However, my masonry bricks are spalling. I would like to fix them. Can I use this product than add 1/2 inch of mortar on top of it? Thx.
Thank you for doing this - you just made it so much easier for me to redo the walls on the house I'm buying wherein the sellers won't waterproof the basement and I really like the house. I'm hoping that I'm able to do this like you said. Also you didn't mix the whole bag so how do you know how much water by cup to use to how many cups of the mortar. Thanks a bunch. You just made me feel so much better.
Sad you didn’t receive a reply from Michael.
i was looking for something to waterseal my son's basement. thank you
Love your videos. You should make a holloween special and make tombstones for yard decorations.
I'm going to try this on my restroom drywall to get that concrete wall effect and see how that goes 😅 👌
nice duuuude I am sold
Hello Mike. Great video, thank you. Can you tell us how long that wall was and how much time it took you to do one coat? And, how many 50lb bags did it take to do 2 coats?
Thank you! Thank you!! Thank you! ❤
Great video and noted ... family and I are on house hunt and we found a nice place but the foundation has seepage in the crawspace ... as we really like the place we are going for hopefully securing it for ourselves this coming week ... honestly I am hoping people who don't know any better looking at this place will see this and just hide from it so it is an easier thing for us to get as so far we have lost five houses over the last year of our hunting for a place .... as if interest rates and prices of suitable houses was not bad enough ... anything really good has upteen people looking at it and for five cases they have all had more money than we could manage -_-
Anyway just wanted to drop the thank you as the cost of the place is steep and paying a professional to do this work so I am happy to do it myself and get to saving us some much needed cash by rolling up my own sleeves to help fix our hopefully 'future home'
Another great video Michael! Nice job... I am looking for something to seal a flat roof made of cement on a boathouse in the thumb of Michigan. I would love to give this a go, although it has a coat of paint on it. Do you think it would adhere to it? It sounded like that would be a no Bob.
Well that was a fabulous video. And I know how much work you went to to Norder to put that together just great. I wish I’d seen that before I spent $14,000 waterproofing the walls of my house. The way you did it I probably would’ve spent a couple of hundred. Where were you when I needed you? Great job.
indeed it sucks that you spent 14k, well that is why i tell folks, spend time on educating yourself and you will be better off in life. However everyone's situation is different. In your case it's possible that you may have actually needed that 14k of repair.....
Hopefully you sealed the foundation from the outside by digging all the way around which is the proper way. This method will do more harm then anything else trapping water in the foundation deteriorating it until the pressure is able to get through which it will eventually. Never seal the interior unless the exterior is bulletproof or completely waterproof , or the bill to fix the damage will be much more then 14 grand.
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Thank you Michael for another good video. Here in the North East we have had more rain then normal. So I shared for my friends that might need it. Can't wait to see your new shed. 😊🤗
Awww thanks Honey! Just got done laying the Lime stone base today. I can’t wait with because I am lost without my shed space lol
@@MichaelBuilds Yes, I know. You probably can't use the other one because no electric yet? And now it is all the way back there. Lol
Great vid! Highly skeptical of the product. I think most are going to have high expectations without understanding what thre product will actually do. Water must be managed, you'll never be able to control its penetration 100%. Relying on a single approach, especially an applied on product, is a recipe for failure
For humid coastal areas of florida on a poured concrete walls is this recommended from the inside and outside? can i wet install natural stone on the outside?
The pressure at the bottom of the tube is the same regardless of diameter. A 6' tall drinking straw will have the same pressure at the bottom as a 6' tall 6" diameter tube.
Looks like a great product. Thanks for the video.
Thanks!
OMG! Orileclerc! I cannot tell you how SORRY I AM that I did not reply to your AMAZING contribution from a whole year ago! RUclips did not notify me about your SuperChat and I didn't see it until just now while I was stumbling around in my RUclips analytics. I am so embarrassed and so so sorry man. Please accept my very humbled THANK YOU! You have no idea how much I appreciate your support and I'm even more appreciative that you gave me a SuperChat on this particular video because I get ALOT of fellas Trollin' me on this one lol. Again, thank you so much man!
Awesome video!!!!! Great experiment at the end.
I thought you were going to put in flow control, but it didn’t look like you needed it.
He mentioned the flow control at 4:34.
@@probablynot1368 Ah - missed that. Thanks
Love it, I wonder if you coated the whole of the test block if the water would remain in the cylinder. Since water follows the path of least resistance, blah, blah, blah.
So... while i genuinely loved the whole video, that last part where you showed the with/without effects of hydrostatic pressure takes the Oscar! Fantastic job and VERY clever test!! Would love it if you would add a link in the description to the parging video that you mentioned in the beginning.
Thank you so much Daniel! Everyone else always gives me sh*t about that test I did LOL 😂. Your comment made my day! 😊.
Here is that link you asked for:
ruclips.net/video/XO8wyQfjpt4/видео.html
@@MichaelBuilds Thanks for the link Michael. I can't wrap my head around why anyone would give you anything but love for that test. That test was THE POINT of paying $30/bag for the damn product. I could not imagine a better way to visually illustrate the benefits. Again, very well done!
Great video. I had not heard of this product.
I have a stand up crawl space that is partially underground. I am looking for a process to seal the masonry bricks. Would you recommend the Rapid Set, DryLok or something else?
thanks
Love all Rapid Set. I use it and swear by it.
Folks, this will NOT make your house a boat. Insane is the all of human existence that ignore downspouts properly running away from the house. All roof water needs to be 10 feet away or piped away. I make my living in this concrete type work, but it’s always the ignorance of roof water gutters downspouts and gravity. Now top class builders run the downspout down to the foundation and walk away. Ignorant. The roofing and gutter guys run it right down to the side of the foundation and walk away as if it’s job complete. That is building with cancer. Never finished the job. New learning but it is stupidity. New fix boys like this, ignoring downspouts running the roofs water 10 feet away from the foundation. NEVER NEXT TO IT. This will not make you house a boat. Make sure your downspouts and your gutters are all properly working for the amount of square footage on your roof. I see so many houses the new next homeowners eliminate a downspout is if that would save them money yet three or five years later their entire concrete back porch is sinking 7 inches and they have no idea how it ever happened
I would love to see the test vs dry lok
If you had a show on HGTV I would watch every episode!
Hi.. do you need to create an edge ( concrete triangle) between wall and floor as extra protection since this is a weak point for water to penetrate inside.. then apply the product
Very cool. Can you use it on floors? Also, if there is paint on the walls do you have to remove it? We have a very wet basement and I can't tell if it's coming up from the floor or through the walls.
Attach some wire lathe to the wall with tapcons or ramset fasteners then apply.
Do u have to do the outside around the house as well to keep water from coming inside the bricks and breaking them down from the outside?
Sir,
Can you apply the waterproofing materials over a previously painted basement wall?
Thank you and great video!
Luv this💯🥰
I wonder if this could be used on basement floors as well?
Hey Michael, I treated my wall with Dry lock before. Can i use this product over dry lock or would I need to remove it first? Great video
Michael, I understand all the negative comments. Water in the walls will expand and create new problems. Outside is the way to go. If you can't get outside my opinion is this may work for awhile.
You're still my favorite on RUclips! Just did a firetable like yours. Combined 2 of your videos to get what I wanted
He should definitely do some work on the land to minimize water hitting the foundation
More videos please! It’s been a month! Maybe you could do a video with Mark McCullough, from this old house. It’d be a blast!
Could you use this on your sidewalk as a refinisher/ stain blocker/ protector? I know it sounds crazy but in the south with pecan trees and rain, my driveway and walkways get nasty real fast.
I'd like to use this for my shower floor instead of the regular deck mud. I'd also like to use it on one of my bathroom walls as a faux concrete wall....can it trowel out with a very smooth finish?
This is a great video. I think i have scrape my walls bc we have chipping dry lock with efflorescence. Ive never seen anyone tile a bsmt wall. can you do that to waterproof too?
👀 Oh my goodness! I was quoted over $10k to dig up ground around my house in order to stop the water from leaking through my basement walls.... Thank you for sharing this, I had no idea!!!! Thank you Lord!
Thanks for the video. You seemed to do maybe half bag at a time. Did you just guesstimate on how much water to mix or was that 3.5 quarts for half the bag?
Great test! Is this a crystalline product?
Michael can I put this product on the concrete front porch? Should I apply first plaster weld before I apply this mortar?
Can you say coat a wall with this product to seal, then come back and flag stone the wall ? Would the mortar from the flagstone stick to the Rapidset mortar?
Would this work over 10+ yr old Drylok walls? Great video!!
Surprised theterere are not more negative comments. Please do not do this to your interior foundation. Sure you cant see the water, but it is still there behind it with no way to escape. Water ALWAYS wins. Bare minimum if you do this, weep holes into a gutter type system.
There's a great RUclipsr --> Mark Anderson (basement waterproofing) who excavates on the outside. He addresses exactly what you're talking about, patching and sealing cracks on the exterior, then backfills with gravel down to the drain tiles. And he removes the clay soil which is nasty for basement walls.
Thirty minutes yea. My first batch set up in 3 minutes. From then on I mixed in a cup and ran like hell to swipe it on before it set.
I really want to create a wall sized outdoor water fountain with a light for our entryway. Maybe a lions head and a half bowl that doesn’t stick out that far. Could you show us a video on that? Could this be used instead of quick set? Thoughts???
Try adding color to the mix and flow control
Maybe it can be used as a resurfacer for out side stuff
I have efflorescence going on with the walls and the chimney stack. Do you recommend I use this on both? If so, what's the best way to clean off the eff? It's non stop crumbling
Can It protect outdoor cement tables, islands and benches wit out a sealer over it?
Hey I just subscribed. Excellent video tutorial. I would like to do the walls in my basement but sections have a coat of probably water or oil based paint. Do you have any really good ideas to get paint off the cinder block walls. I’ve tried several different paint removers no luck. I like to get it down to the natural block. I even thought about water sandblasting. Excellent video Thanks
A wire wheel on a grinder will make short work of removing paint however you dont want to seal the interior wall of a basement ever, will cause more damage while temporily holding back the water which will deteriorate your foundation until it breaks through due to pressure, always seal from the exterior first.
Hello. Can this product be used on exterior stairs? Thanks
Love your video!
Not that it matters but Hydrostatic Pressure
Fluid weight (ppg) x 0.052 x height
8.33 x 0.052 x 5' = 2.16 psi
If the foundation is covered with Grace on the outside and already backfilled, is it necessary or recommended to use this product on the inside??? Never got an answer so I will assume this is a bad idea if Grace is used on the outside.
Like it 👍🏻
@Michael Builds will this product work on clay block in my 97 year old house? Will this also control efflorescence?
Can you add other rapid set material onto this product once it’s cured?
Wanting to do the fake castle blocks (only 1/2” thick)look onto the wall.
Basically my wall is solid grout filled 8x8x16 block but wanted 16x16x32” looking blocks but want the waterproofing as well.
Thanks
Does this product still allow the foundation to breathe though? Could you essentially parge your exterior foundation wall with this method? (Vs using cement-all and sealing after with waterproofing)
Would I need to patch any cracks first?
With some cracks in my house parging, I am wondering if this would be a good solution, thoughts?
Michael I'm going to build a kitchen counter top with concrete and I would like to know what I can use to seal the top of the counter top that is food safe
Jerry, he has a sealer video that covers all of it! Just search though his videos and you will find it!