u/susanb29

Our house is 5 years old (bought it 2 years ago). The basement is finished throughout with drywall. On one exterior wall there is water intrusion after a heavy rain, noticed only after the water had saturated boxes stored there.

We had a contractor in for a different job and he was pretty confident that the leak is from a foundation rod hole that wasn't sealed properly, he even pointed out an appropriate location of the hole.

My husband and I would rather try a diy fix before calling in a contractor that will likely try to upsell some sort of foundation repair system. Looking for advice from anyone who has done this repair in the past.