Parging Nightmare: How to Parge a Crusty Foundation

would it help to put a mesh fabric?

Nice job. You learned me something today. :)
Did you have any issues with cracking? I have essentially the same thing going on with my foundation. Thanks for the upload. :)

I was on board until you filled the busted block with foam.
How will the mortar adhere to foam.
Why not mix up some stiff sakcrete?

You really boogered up those bricks by the end. 😞

What is in the parging mix? Portland cement

Add a nice acrylic stone coating and it will hide any imperfections.

Why not use cementall?

Looks good. I have to do it to mine also.

Give your trade away youll be a walmart greeter

I’ve got to do the same thing and I got a inside wall that needs this done also. So how’s it holding up ? I live in oregon where we seem to get more rain than sunshine so I’m curious how this would hold up over a period of time ?.

Don’t forward or skip the scraping it’s so satisfying watching it come off and chip away. And washing and scrubbing

Where is Mike Haduck when you need him?

I have a front porch that has bricks that are falling off. I would like to parge it as well. Do you have any recommendation? Thanks

My friend I am not knocking your work I’m a fourth generation Mason with 33 years experience just a little more advice for your viewers A repair that thick I would’ve definitely nailed up wire lath and did the repair in three different coats but one scratch coat second coat gets scratched third coat is smooth flat either sponged or brushed again just my way I was taughtOverall nice job

If you look under concrete Chris Santoro you’ll see a few of my stucco jobs

Is it the same process for a block chimney for a furnace?

Plastic for the cure

I can't understand why all the videos I watched on this. my shit looks so much better than yours LOL

Anyone know what he filled the deep holes with?

You didn’t cover it with plastic sheeting to cure? It’s supposed to be covered and kept in a humid environment for 3 days.

I just did a job exactly like this on an interior wall. Such back-breaking work, but you save thousands of dollars doing it yourself instead of hiring a contractor.

Can I just use parging cement?

1 word. "Roller"

you need to dig canal around foundation.deep .it depents from how deep is concrete foundation,usualy min 80 cm,then put membran on foundation to stop water coming to foundation ,them put river stones to canal

because this is gonna hapen again,a you will haveto repair it again
problem is water underground making foundation wet

Next time press green tape into the brick to give uou a straight line and clean line to keep the page mix off the brick.
Use a spong and rub in a circular motion for finish coat.
Add some concrete adhesive to the fill coat prior to finish coat of parging for strength.
Other than that,good job !

If you take off the parging and you have some holes in your brick like you did, Aren’t you concerned about getting water into the basement when you washed it down with the hose?

Just curious, any special spray foam that you used to fill the holes ? Thank you for all the tips

Is this not a structural concern with that much concrete missing? Also why did it chip in the first place?

Pretty easy that stuff off with no effort.....bonding agent not needed (doesn't hurt) if surface is clean, porus and wet

What brand of mortor is best

I am doing my first parge repair. Not near as bad as this. Mine is all well above ground. I've already done the knock and pry work...lol

Would it be stronger or better to fill the cinderblock holes with concrete instead of foam?

This is so helpful You explained very well

Thank you for sharing you experience. Brief and to the point. I followed your steps and my foundation wall looks great 🎉

Thanks for making this video

PIG

Mine also appears to be pulling out some of the block with the failed parge. Is there anything else i should do to repair that first?

Helpful. Looks great,

You have some pretty deep holes in part of the stem wall. I don't think you addressed the underlying problem. Once the stem wall starts spalling, the cause is from moisture getting to the rebar. Once the rebar starts oxidizing, it eventually will expand up to 5X its diameter or 2-2.5 inches which causes the stem wall to spall. Nice job, but you'll probably be back in 5-10 years doing it over again.

Nice job, and thanks for sharing. Could you use fiber glass mesh tape to prevent future cracking or would this be unnecessary?

Scoring of each filling layer can also help with adhesion of the next layer. Good video for helping others tackle their foundation repairs.

What did you spray fill the holes with ?

What do you do if you can't dig a trench? We have a concrete sidewalk along the side of our home that meets the cement of the existing parge.

Nice shoutout to Rona around the 6-minute mark 😅 Great vid,

Would you recommend Activia's vanilla flavoured bonding glue?

Great video. How long do you wait after each layer is applied to start the next layer? Thanks.

What is the stuff your filling the holes with?

Excuse my candor, but scraping the wall with blunt instruments first is GREAT, but only if you are following with a wire brush or powerwasher! It defeats the purpose not to take the time to remove all the accumulated organic material on the wall.