Sealing Stonework

Hi All, Over the weekend we had a flood in our brownstone basement. After working with neighbors and DEP we realized that the source was our neighbor to our east side wall. They supposedly haven’t had their water turned on for a couple of weeks and someone must have turned it on and ruptured a pipe which basically flooded our basement and other through overspill. Two Question for the community: 1) Has anyone had this happen and what should we do to make sure said neighbor fixes their pipe. Seems like they are just going to turn off their water again, which doesn’t solve anything. 2) Is there any way for us to seal our basement so we don’t get overspill from them in the future? Thanks, Sue

suebklyn

in Construction 10 years and 7 months ago

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Arkady | 10 years and 7 months ago

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I don’t know the answer to your first question but think DEP might give them a hazardous violation forcing them to fix it &/or your insurance company could take some action. As the the 2nd part, there’s nothing you can do – water will go where it wants to go, hydrostatic pressure is relentless.