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Eire
Citizen
Username: Eire
Post Number: 230
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 9:09 pm: | 
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This is one of the weirdest things I've ever seen. After all the rain, and with the constant threat, or worry, of potential water in our basement, I was checking out all the baseboards. I see a 4"-5" sprig of something growing right behind my baseboard heater, right next to the door that leads to outside.... what the hell????
Then, checked a kind of crawl space, and see 2 probably 8" high sprigs that are literally just coming right out of the side of the basement brick wall (which at that point looks like it's caulked rather than pointed - but is below where the driveway meets the wall...
I don't even know what my question is, besides - WHAT THE *(&(*&^????? |
tjohn
Supporter
Username: Tjohn
Post Number: 4542
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 9:13 pm: |
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Usually this happens when a vine on the outside of the house sends a shoot through an opening in the wall or foundation.
Do you have enough light in this location to support plant growth? If not, then it must have come from outside. |
fabulouswalls
Citizen
Username: Fabulouswalls
Post Number: 160
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 10:38 pm: |
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You can get arrested for growing weed in your basement. |
Eire
Citizen
Username: Eire
Post Number: 231
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Sunday, July 23, 2006 - 11:05 pm: |
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 that was good. Oh, snap - I dropped dime on myself!!  |
Bob K
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Username: Bobk
Post Number: 12220
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 4:21 am: |
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Eventually the vines will destroy the wall. They should be removed from the outside and the wall repointed and rebuilt where needed. |
Elizabeth
Citizen
Username: Momof4peepers
Post Number: 139
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 8:22 am: |
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(which at that point looks like it's caulked rather than pointed - but is below where the driveway meets the wall...
Sounds like you do have a crack in your foundation, and a previous homeowner just caulked it rather than fix it using mortar. I think you want to start with a mason (rather than a waterproofer). |
Eire
Citizen
Username: Eire
Post Number: 232
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 8:57 am: |
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Yeah, I called Avellino - they're coming today. I do think it's a masonary thing - in order to get rid of the vines, it would mean ripping up the driveway, which I can't imagine having to do... |
tjohn
Supporter
Username: Tjohn
Post Number: 4545
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Monday, July 24, 2006 - 9:42 am: |
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Roundup will get rid of the vines along with every other plant you spray. |
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