| 41. | There's an iron ring that came from the hospital's basement wall where patients used to be chained.
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| 42. | For houses with basements, another sign of serious trouble is basement walls that bow inward or lean.
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| 43. | Also, coat the outside of the basement walls with a waterproof paint where the concrete is exposed.
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| 44. | Fix cracked basement walls and leaky pipes.
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| 45. | The ground next to the basement must be graded such that water flows away from the basement wall.
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| 46. | Q : Our old house has brick basement walls and the paint has been flaking off one wall.
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| 47. | The home has undergone numerous renovations, with a section of basement wall being the only original construction remaining.
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| 48. | The concrete floor in most basements is structurally not part of the foundation; only the basement walls are.
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| 49. | Next, look at the basement walls.
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| 50. | A main basement wall has two cracks more than 2 meters ( 6 1 / 2 feet ) long.
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