Water in foundation block

[woodie]

I'm in the midst of a 24' x 6' addition to my 24' x 24' garage. In order to fit within city guidelines - a foundation under the addition.

I didn't have a problem with the thought of a foundation under the addition, but the existing structure was on a slab with an 8" rat wall. I didn't want my garage to split apart every winter and thought it necessary to have a foundation under the whole garage. I rolled the garage forward 20' into the driveway (right up against the house). We've dug, poured a 10" footer, layed 4 row of block for the foundation, poured a 6" floating floor, and am in the process of watching the slab dry...

I ran a sprinkler for about a week, it rained some and now my blocks have water in them...

Should I pump it out somehow?

Displace it with sakcrete, sand, mortor or something?

I'm in NW Ohio with some cold, snowy weather coming soon and wouldn't want something to happen to my new block during the freeze...

 

[2chipped]

Quikrete $3.50 for 80# at lowes and home depot, dump in the cells till it soaks up all moisture. I would think that sand wouldn"t soak up as much as quikrete or portland cement.

 

[woodie]

So, that'll be around 130 80lb bags of quikcrete to fill all my block?

Any other suggestions?

Am I worrying too much?

 

[Torque1st]

Pump it out and then keep the open block covered.

Water will freeze, even with sand, and bust your blocks. Concrete or cement will chemically combine with the water.

 

[LEVE]

Do you have a wet/dry shop vac? If so, vacuum the water out....

 

[bmwpower]

You can vacuum it out but you will never get it all out. Water has likely spilled down into crevices you won't be able to get to.

 

[jhelrey]

It will dry up. It's what you cannot see that I would worry about. Think of how often homes are built, etc. and the water does the same thing.

 

[Ironcrow]

I'd call the grout pump truck and fill them all.

 

[Herb]

Yeah, fill them with some type of cement/ mortar/ concrete. The termites and carpenter ants will have one less place to live.

 

[rickycobra]

Just have the concrete do the work for you.