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According to the dictionary Wicking is: 1. A cord or strand of loosely woven, twisted, or braided fibers, as on a candle or oil lamp, that draws up fuel to the flame by capillary action. 2. A piece of material that conveys liquid by capillary action. wicked (w-kt), wick·ing, wicks To convey or be conveyed by capillary action: water gradually wicking up through the bricks.* So if you’re basement waterproofing professional mentions the term, Wicking, it plainly means that water is traveling up your wall. How may this be? Doesn’t gravity keep water closer to the Earth? How may water genuinely travel up my foundation walls, they’re concrete? Those are all very good points. To understand this term we have to comprehend the conduct of water. Water seeks it’s own natural level. It does this by filling voids left in it is path by displaced objects. The make up of water, or molecules, will bond to each other and actually push and tug in order to make this happen. Water may find it is way through tinny openings through this push and pull molecular action. Concrete has little openings in it left behind from it is drying process. Water evaporates in a procedure called Curing. It leaves behind very little holes called micro-pores. The micro-pores, disunited by thin layers of concrete, may be effortlessly broken into with sufficient force. So, like a sponge with holes, concrete’s holes invite water to seek it’s own level by entering the voids left from the drying process. Water pressure from the outside of the home may strength more water into these pores. Eventually the water fills up the pores and starts seeking out other pores. More than likely the pores are above where the water is currently. It again uses the push and pull of it is natural capillary action and tardily climbs up the concrete wall using the micro-pores. With water climbing it is way higher on your walls and the saturation level of the wall increasing, it’s a matter of time before that water pushes through the final barrier and into your basement. *The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company.Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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