Moreno from Port Colborne, Ontario wrote : I recently built a wine cellar
The area I live in allowed me to pour the footings on bedrock and has given me a bedrock floor. This lets the room take the coolness from the rock to help keep the temperature down. The problem I am having is that there is water weeping in, between the bedrock and the footing(18 inch cement). I would like to figure out a way to stop the water from entering the room as this raises the humidity level dramatically and there is no way other than sponging it up to get rid of the water.
It has been suggested to cement over the bedrock slab but I fear that I will lose the natural cooling of the rock and risk the possibility of the cement cracking if water gets between pad and rock. I know this is an odd one but any ideas would be appreciated
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Try caulking a vinyl strip to the floor and wall (use PL Polyurethane sealant) that will divert the water to a drain area -- perhaps to the lowest point where it will flow outward???? We often do this for leaking basement walls, directing the water to a floor drain, as in the photo. It is one form of a perimeter drain but I prefer the name ?Beaver Dam?.
It wasn't such a strange question -- I will add it to the database.