The big pain in the posterior is that the entire basement is fired glazed terra cotta block. Nothing, and I mean nothing, sticks to it for very long. All of the really good inside waterproofing materials I've looked at are meant to soak into the cement / concrete block a little to get a bite and seal the pores. So I have no idea if there is anything that might go on as a skim coat.

On the other hand, morter is morter - and these blocks are glazed - so you would think that there could be something I could do for the morter joints and the blocks ought to be fairly mosture resistant. Just far more tedious than the whole-wall treatments.

With all the rain we've been having the basement is wetter now than it was in the spring melt. Standing water or at least "wet cement" over 75% of the floor (or more). [img]/forums/images/icons/frown.gif[/img]