Hi everyone, we recently purchased an approx 50 year old home that is in very nice shape. The basement was covered wall to wall with old wood paneling which we decided to remove and finish in a different style. We proceeded to remove all of the wood paneling and the ajoining frame / studs, which didn't appear to be re-usable. Underneath we were met with the bare, poured concrete walls. Now, while there are no major cracks or fissures of any kind, there are a few holes of varying sizes and a bit of crumbling seems to be occurring (mostly at the very top of the slab). There are minimal signs of water penetration, nothing alarming.
My question is (as a novice homeowner) is this normal "wear and tear" for poured concrete walls? We've been told to just wire brush the walls and coat with drylock before proceeding with the re-model, but I just want to make sure there is nothing more significant we have to do since this may be the last time we have a chance to work on this area of the house. I'm a tad bit OCD when it comes to these thing , so I apologize is if I'm raising a fuss over nothing.
Thanks for the help
My question is (as a novice homeowner) is this normal "wear and tear" for poured concrete walls? We've been told to just wire brush the walls and coat with drylock before proceeding with the re-model, but I just want to make sure there is nothing more significant we have to do since this may be the last time we have a chance to work on this area of the house. I'm a tad bit OCD when it comes to these thing , so I apologize is if I'm raising a fuss over nothing.
Thanks for the help