While these types of walls were built to last hundreds of years, they are not without their faults. With time, any sealant or mortar holding the stone walls together can wear away. Water can and will find any way to leak inside through cracks, holes, and gaps in the stone or fieldstone foundation walls.May 18, 2021
How do you seal fieldstone basement walls?
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How do you finish a stone basement wall?
- Patch any suspect moisture locations with hydraulic cement.
- Parge the wall with Type N Mortar to make it a nearly flush surface. ...
- Wait 7 days.
- Bond roughed up 1″ XPS foam board with Large Tile/Stone modified thinset.
- Use a latex based mortar caulk between joints.