Basement Stone Walls

Type N or Type S, That is the question. The rule is, hard stone, hard mortar. Soft stone, soft mortar. I have had no trouble in the past 20 years when I have used type S on the stone basements in the Twin Cities, MN. Type N seems to be preferred by masons for tuckpoint use.

We recently did a basement wall with Type N at the homeowners request. We will have to wait 5, 10, 20 years to get a verdict on how well its all holding up. I went back to see a basement I did 20 years ago using Type S. Then we painted with dry-lock basement waterproofing paint. There was only a few small spots of efflorescence. and all the mortar and stone are holding up very well.

Stone walls in the basement. We removed the plaster and mortar and re-tucked all the joints. It took about a week and a half and about 15 bags of masonry mortar and we used a water-based sealer after it dried for about a week. The walls can breath. Stone Foundation Restoration is our winter specialty.
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See also this new Basement Stone Repair:
   • Basement Stone Wall Restoration  

Here is an older small job:
Stone Foundation Repair
   • Stone Foundation Repair  

Due to this videos success I have been found by many home owners in my area and they have been contracting Natural Stone Masonry LLC. for their stone foundation restorations. It provides a rustic beautiful wall for finished basement rooms.

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