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Any homeowner who has ever experienced a wet basement knows the value of a sump pump. The sump pump, typically connected to an interior or exterior drain tile system, takes water that would otherwise seep into the basement and pumps it outside, leaving the basement dry. Any homeowner who has...
You’ve got water in the basement. Again. After you get done moving the soggy boxes and dragging out the Shop-Vac to clean up, you begin to wonder: where does all that water come from, anyway? And, more importantly, how can you keep it out of your basement? The answer to the...
Most homeowners expect to replace parts of their homes, especially if they own the home for a number of years. New roof? Pretty common. Even though composite shingles last longer than ever, eventually they will give way to rain and sun and start leaking. New windows? Yep. As energy costs rise...
Everybody needs more space. Although some might argue with the word “needs” as opposed to “wants,” it’s true that the quest for elbow room has been a part of our culture since the westward expansion of the 18th and 19th centuries. Today, it’s manifested in a growing average square footage...
Basement floor cracks are so common that many homeowners don’t even notice them – until they start to seep water into the basement. The seepage, regrettably, is pretty much inevitable because the same forces that created the crack in the first place are also responsible for the water. Fortunately, a...
If you ask most homeowners what holds their houses up, the most likely answer will be “the foundation.” This is a logical answer because all of the exterior walls of the home sit directly on foundation walls that in turn sit on poured concrete footings to help spread the load...
Basements can seep water through a number of openings – non-structural cracks in the wall, deteriorated mortar joints, cracks in the floor or the cove joint seepage between wall and floor. The damage can be averted and, in many cases, seepage prevented by diverting rain water away from the home’s...
It’s difficult to pick any one part of your home as the most important. Walls and floors? Obviously important. Roof? Of course. Windows and doors? Yes and yes. A home is like an organic system where all parts work together to provide shelter, warmth and comfort, so no individual piece of the system...
Structural foundation damage is one of the most serious problems that can happen to a home and, most often, a dropped or sunken foundation is the worst type of foundation damage. A dropped foundation is caused by compaction of the soil below the foundation that should provide support. Typically, this...
A non-structural crack in the wall of a poured concrete foundation is the most common source of basement seepage and has been for a long time. For years, basement waterproofing experts have known that cracks are a plague on the houses of homeowners everywhere and that offering a process...
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