[stomachmonkey]

Little history.

Foundation is only 11 years old.

When we bought it new the grading was poor.

We live in an area with soil that drains poorly.

This is the back wall of the house.

The wall has a foam type barrier on the outside between it and the soil but the wall would still get damp during heavy downpours.

Eventually we installed a brick and concrete patio and naturally the wet wall problem went away. The patio obviously keeps the areas soil from getting saturated.

I don't know if there is rebar in there or not. It's a utility basement so I only go down there once or twice a year so I have no idea how long the cracks have been there.

I ran a straightedge into the gaps and for the most part it only goes back an inch.

Scott