Signed, Sealed, Delivered

We had the concrete walls and floor sealed so they don't get stained.

We wanted a semi-gloss finish, but only matte and gloss were available.  The contractor mixed a container of each and got exactly what we wanted.

The Source

Our contractor thinks the leak in our basement is being caused by the cold joint where the old foundation meets the sistered foundation.

They've been excavating and are going to reseal it.  We'll have to test it to see if that does the trick before doing any of the finishing work in the basement...

Oopsy!

Our sewer pipe is made of clay and one of the seals has cracked, possibly when they were digging out around it to figure out where it goes.

It was going to have to be moved (and partially) replaced anyway, but this just moved it up in the urgency column. We've got a little bit of seepage going on, but so far nothing too unseemly...