Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Kalamazoo Crawl Spaces And Basement Saved From Water

This house in Kalamazoo, MI had a basement, as well as 2 crawl spaces. All of them were wet in some way, so the homeowner contacted Ayers to address the problem. By encapsulating the crawl spaces and adding energy saving insulation, and installing a subfloor drainage system, all of these spaces are nice and dry.

Damp Crawl Space With Falling Insulation

The humidity and dampness of this crawl space caused the insulation to hang and fall in this section.

Another Crawl Space

This crawl space was equally as damp as the other, and the dirt ground was exposed.

CleanSpace Seals Crawl Space

CleanSpace drastically transforms the appearance of the crawl space, and provides a moisture barrier, eliminating humidity.

SmartDrain in Crawl Space

SmartDrain is installed in the crawl space provides for plumbing leaks and prevents water from leaking into the dirt ground beneath the CleanSpace liner. It features an alarm that sounds if there is a leak, alerting you directly to it for fixing it.

SilverGlo Insulation

SilverGlo insulation installed in the crawl space reflects heat back into the space and keeps the floors and rooms above the crawl space much warmer.

WaterGuard Installed Along The Perimeter of Room

This metal piping is installed along the perimeter of the room on top of the footing of the foundation. Since it isn't laid alongside the footing, it won't get clogged with mud, and the big drain outlet to the sump ensures that all water from wall leaks are collected.

TripleSafe Sump Pump

This sump pump features three pumps in the liner to collect large amounts of water, as well as ground water. All water collected from WaterGuard ends up in TripleSafe, where it is pumped out of the basement through a discharge line.

WaterGuard Stops Wall Leaks

Once installed, WaterGuard only appears to be a small space between the wall and the ground; this small opening readily accepts water if the wall leaks and reroutes it to the sump pump.