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It’s November and that means a lot of cool stuff – Thanksgiving, Bears football and the approaching holiday season. Unfortunately, it also means that another Chicago winter is on our doorstep. Once the cold and snow and ice start, nobody wants to do anything outside, including Chicago homeowners. However, if...
Structural foundation damage is one of the most serious problems a homeowner can face. It can result in inconveniences like sticking doors and unsightly cracks in drywall but, left undiagnosed and unrepaired, it can also cause the entire structure of your home to become unstable. The sooner you find the...
Anyone who’s ever owned a home in northwest Indiana, or anywhere else for that matter, knows the importance of a sump pump. It’s the heart of any basement waterproofing system – you can have the best drain tile system in the world but if it flows to a sump...
You’ve finally gotten tired of that puddle that appears in your basement every time it rains heavily so you’ve decided it’s time to call the basement waterproofing company and get it fixed. The problem is which one do you call? There’s the one big one that does lots of advertising...
Here’s a simple fact: In order for there to be water inside your basement, there has to be water outside your basement. I know: Duh! As obvious as that statement is, it seems like a lot of homeowners need to be reminded that if they practice proper yard drainage...
Structural foundation damage to your home is serious business. At best, it’s a pain in the neck – stuck doors, tilting floors and jammed windows. At worst, it’s really bad – open cracks in the above-ground structure, chimneys separating from the house and additions sinking. It’s true that most, if...
So, your brother-in-law comes by to look at your leaky basement and points out that the water appears to be seeping out of a number of cracks in your basement floor. He says you should have the cracks injected because that’s what he had done to cracks in his...
There are many sources of water seepage in a basement and some will occur only in basements of a particular construction. For example, in a foundation built of concrete block, as is often found in the Milwaukee and northwest Indiana areas, water can seep through mortar joints and through...
In the basement waterproofing business we talk a lot about cracks. Cracks in poured concrete basement walls and cracks in basement floors are both sources of seepage that create basement water problems that require professional repair. These are generally non-structural cracks, that is, they aren’t caused by significant foundation...
It’s fall and lots of people will tell you it’s their favorite time of year in northwest Indiana. The temperatures cool down, kids go back to school and leaves on the trees change into beautiful reds and golds. Oh, about those leaves. When the fall foliage is done putting on...
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