Basement Waterproofing Before & After Photos

This 1958 home was struggling with water leaking into the basement. While the cinder block walls had stood the test of time, they were starting to fail against water pressure. To stop the leaking water from puddling on the basement floor, the crew installed a perimeter drainage system. You can see part of the metal pipe resting at the foot of the wall in the after photo.

Perimeter Drainage systems, like WaterGuard, sit in the floor and wall joint to collect water that runs down the wall and then directs it to the sump pump. The sump will then pump the water out of the basement and to a LawnScape outlet for discharge. Also visible in the after photo are the inspection ports where the system can be checked for clogging or obstructions that would stop the system from operating at its full potential. With a waterproof system in place, this home will hopefully last another 50+ years. 

When it comes to waterproofing products, reliability is everything. As a homeowner, you want to know that your basement will stay dry no matter what. Unfortunately, just having any sump pump isn't going to do the job. You'll need a reliable sump pump. The SuperSump Upgraded this home to a more reliable pump. The SuperSump contains a pump stand (prevents clogging of any debris in the sump liner), pump alarm (for when the basement floods), and an airtight sump lid with a floor drain in it (helps water to go down but not air to come up). Now this homeowner can rely on her sump pump to get the job done right.

In order to keep her basement dry, Laurie needed to find a superior option for her sump pump. That's why we installed a TripleSafe sump pump, because there simply is not a better option than this. With the TripleSafe system installed, Laurie's basement will be safe from water in extreme conditions like power outages. Thanks to the battery-powered backup pump, the system will continue to operate even if the rest of her house is without power!

Kathy M. of Lansing, MI had drastic cracks in her basement walls before she called us for help. Cracks such as this provide a serious threat to the structural integrity of the home. Good thing for Kathy, we had a solution to this problem.

We installed our patented CarbonArmor wall reinforcing system for this job. CarbonArmor uses the same technology as the Army Corps of Engineers designed to reinforce bomb shelters to stabilize your basement walls. The system consists of fiber reinforced polymer that is 10 times as strong as steel, maximizing the utility of the product. And as a bonus, no excavation is needed to install this product. 

With this installment, Kathy can live in her home without worrying about the cracks beneath the home.

A customer from Lansing came to us with basement walls that were being damaged by mother nature. It was very easy for us to see that water was making its ways through the walls throughout the years. We were able to solve this issue with our CleanSpace technology. CleanSpace is a 20 mil thick plastic liner that fits to the crawl space to completely seal the home from the earth. Polyester cord reinforcement allows for a lot of durability, to make it last longer than the home will. This liner also contains an antimicrobial additive to prevent mold. Now that the basement is protected from the outside enviornment, this homeowner will never have to worry about a wet and molfy basement ever again.