Waterstop location-inside face or outside?
Waterstop location-inside face or outside?
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What is the best location for waterstop in a basement wall, inside face or outside face? I like to show the waterstop along the face that has vertical re-bar so that they can tie to it if needed. But if you have re-bar along both faces, what would be the preferred location?
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RE: Waterstop location-inside face or outside?
RE: Waterstop location-inside face or outside?
Also, for a basement you'll probably not get this, but the way you have it shown requires that the top slab bars be lowered to get the wasterstop in. We put in a "starter wall" that's poured with the slab to raise the waterstop. Contractors hate it with a white hot passion, but it is a little better design.
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If this is a yielding wall with the rebar near the soil face, then I would put any water stop inside of that, away from the soil face.
Mike McCann
MMC Engineering
RE: Waterstop location-inside face or outside?
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We center the waterstop where there are two mats of reinforcing. Tying it against the rebar risks short circuiting the waterstop. Order the waterstop with hog rings and have the contractor demonstrate that they can tie it properly without flopping over. A contractor experienced in using plastic waterstops can pull this of fairly easily.
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RE: Waterstop location-inside face or outside?
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