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Relative_Sir3201 t1_j1s00fg wrote

Be careful. Not everything is meant to be sealed. For instance, people with rubble stone foundations (not hat you have one) always post on here about sealing foundation walls which in some instances could spell disaster. In certain applications you want moisture (not flowing water obviously) to be able to pass through so that it doesn’t build up pressure behind the wall. Also, with something like you have pictured here, that may have been done that way to allow flexibility for shifting. I wouldn’t just go about it Willy Nilly. Look around and see what the purpose of that might have been. There may be no purpose and it may just be sloppiness, but bottom line is, don’t assume it’s wrong the way that it is. The dirt looks a little darker at the bottom of the photo there. Is that moisture?

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Vegetation OP t1_j1xmz8o wrote

Honestly, everything else about the house is very well done so it does seem odd that they would get that sloppy here. There is some rubble and a bit of moisture in the photo. It's possible that rodents dug the rubble out but the moisture is from a leaking hot water heater (this has distracted my DIY energy over the Christmas break [I actually made a hilarious "lazy river" with vapor barrier that flows into a bin and an auto-siphon to drain it outside so we could have showers and dishwasher over the holiday]. All to say that moisture is coming from a know source.

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