Hey everyone,
I'm new to the forum and am also a new home owner. Last night my fiance and I took on the task of hanging drywall in our basement. The previous owners had a bookshelf drilled into drywall which was then also drilled into the concrete wall. The base of the bookshelf look like it had gotten wet at some point and was soft to the touch. With that said, we thought we could simply seal the wall and replace the drywall where the previously existing bookshelf was... unfortunately, as we started the process we drilled into the wall and water started to weep through the screw holes.
We drilled about 2.5" to drill anchoring screws and are pretty positive we didnt hit a water line or anything of the sort as the water kind of just barely flows through the hole... it doesn't gush.
Any idea A. what might of happened? B. how we can fix it?
Thanks guys!!
I'm new to the forum and am also a new home owner. Last night my fiance and I took on the task of hanging drywall in our basement. The previous owners had a bookshelf drilled into drywall which was then also drilled into the concrete wall. The base of the bookshelf look like it had gotten wet at some point and was soft to the touch. With that said, we thought we could simply seal the wall and replace the drywall where the previously existing bookshelf was... unfortunately, as we started the process we drilled into the wall and water started to weep through the screw holes.
We drilled about 2.5" to drill anchoring screws and are pretty positive we didnt hit a water line or anything of the sort as the water kind of just barely flows through the hole... it doesn't gush.
Any idea A. what might of happened? B. how we can fix it?
Thanks guys!!