My house was built in 1916 and has cinder blocks. Used to have grasses in the front yard but had that taken out 2 years ago and planted some perennials. During heavy rains, noticed that water runs through the yard (sloped from left to right)and channels back towards the foot of the stairs and create puddle. That corner has started caving in and water with soil are coming in through the cracks in the cinder blocks(4 buckets of water was collected during the last heavy rain). This must have been a problem prior to buying the house as I see signs of water damage inside the house (not sure how did the inspector missed that). I have consulted with Basement waterproofing company and they recommended internal instead of external due to cost. My concern is if I go through with the internal, constant water penetration might just lead to more damage or problem with the foundation
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Helen, Ontario-Canada
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