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Concrete Floor Seepage Fix?

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roguerower

roguerower

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The workout room for my rowing team is in the basement of the old gym on campus and the floor is a simple exposed concrete floor. We have recently started to have liquid pooling in a certain area of the floor. The liquid is brownish/blackish and stinks something terrible. I'm certain it's not coming through the ceiling (like it is in another spot).

What's my best bet for fixing the crack? The first thing to do is to go to University Maintenance and get them to do it, but if they don't do anything, what's my best option as far as products go?
 
Drylok?

If the crack is anything bigger than a hairline, you should look into patching it with something before going over it with Drylok. I can't comment on what would be good for it, though.
 
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Sorry but, there is NOTHING applied to the surface that will do anything but afford a temporary fix. By temporary, I mean a month or two.
 
1. Most of it is a hairline, but it does get bigger at points.

2. Will try and get pics later...

3. Don't think the general student populace would care

4. If someone was taking a shit, they'd have been dead a while ago...this shit is foul
 
MagnusTheBrewer said:
Sorry but, there is NOTHING applied to the surface that will do anything but afford a temporary fix. By temporary, I mean a month or two.
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Agreed.
The cracks may easily widen in the future, tearing apart just about any repair. In my rather inexperienced opinion, you'll need to figure out why you have stuff seeping in.

If water, or mysterious goo, wants to get in, it's going to find a way in. The solution is to entice it to go elsewhere before it sets its sights on your floor.
 
hydraulic cement.. expands over time as it dries vs regular cement which shrinks.
stuff is nasty and sets up quickly
 
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