I am a first time home owner. The person I bought it from said there had never been any water in the basement to her knowledge, but after we moved in, there was damage on the wall near the floor where a couch had been. Either way, there was nothing in the house that the inspector caught indicating water damage. Well, now I seem to have water leaking in my basement in four different places!
1. Under the front porch--There is a hole in the gutter or something (because it has been cleaned out already) and the water goes directly under the porch. So in the basement below, when it rains there is a big puddle and there is even black, white, and pink mold growing (about 5 square feet) on the drywall.
2. There is water coming in another room through the TOP of the window. We were thinking that it might be due to the fact that we replaced a light fixture outside ourselves and didn't seal it properly. So even if we put some kind of clear sealer around it, it has rained several times now and a lot of water has been getting in. So if the sealer were to work, how much would it be to repair that drywall? I could possibly have a new window put in for $250, but do they fix up the drywall around the hole or is that up to us? (The paint is all peeled off the top of the window and the drywall is sagging down.)
3. There is a crack in the foundation in the corner of that same room which is actually above ground level, but from the outside you can see that it is wet on the concrete anyway? And that leaks a little bit down the wall--not a huge amount.
4. Lastly, the weirdest one. There is a leak that I only notice when it rains, but it is on an interior wall? Could it be the bathroom above? We aren't aware of any problems with the bathroom, but there is just this puddle of water on the ground in the laundry room far away from the machines that is unexplainable. There is no water trailing down the wall or anything...
So, can I fix this myself or am I in big trouble?
Thanks,
B
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