Basement Remedy
Helping Homeowners Access Quality Foundation-Repair Solutions
(614) 915-0230
We have a comprehensive knowledge of the soil found in Ohio and the quality of that soil in different locations. Soil is one of the factors we consider while designing customized home repair strategies for our customers. For example, a place that has an abundance of clay soil can make it difficult for a homeowner to build foundations that are meant to last. For these customers, we tailor repair or installation strategies based on the quality of soil here. One of the main reasons our customers enjoy working with us is because we understand exactly what they want and even deliver it!
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Basement Remedy
6269 Lithopolis Rd NW
Carroll, OH 43112
(614) 915-0230
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Basement leakage is a common problem experienced by many homeowners, and often results in basement flooding. Penetration of excessive moisture in the basement may result in mildew, mold, and even rust thereby posing grave danger to the structure of the house and health of the inhabitants. Basement waterproofing is the common solution to these problems and thus the need for a reliable and professional waterproofing company.
Basement waterproofing can be broken down into two separate categories. First, there's sealed waterproofing from outside the building. This helps in collecting the subsurface and surface water and directs it away from the house. Mostly, this includes a special coating that seals of the foundation using French Drain tile mechanism that is installed next to the foundation. Next, the basement waterproofing contractor will waterproof the basement from the inside. In this scenario, the water that has entered the basement is collected and sent to the sump pit system.
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The best option for basement waterproofing depends upon the source of leakage and extent of the leakage problem. In every situation, you would want to ensure that the waterproofing solution is long-term to ensure the safety of your house, and that you won't have to worry about the basement flooding problem in future.
Being a seasoned project director and foundation repair expert, I highly advise that most owners do no attempt to carry out complicated basement waterproofing construction on their home. The key explanation would be the potential for disastrous consequences pertaining to the structural stability of the house. Accurate basement waterproofing entails specific procedures and a complete awareness of load distributions to your residence.
There are many over the shelf products advertising some type of basement waterproofing remedy. Nearly all of them are sealants for your walls, some are latex based others concrete supported. Please know that these products function as a Band-Aid and in most cases do not halt the powerful force that water places on your foundation walls and flooring. To avoid wasting time, energy and money, I highly suggest not using any of these well-known products.
There are two ways to resolve your basement waterproofing issues. The first one calls for an expensive undertaking of digging a trench around your complete foundation, placing a special material on the outside walls, forming a barrier, and constructing a network of drains at the bottom of your foundation around the whole perimeter of your home, to catch the water, divert to a pump, and remove it away from the foundation.
In future reports I will describe in detail what an exterior waterproofing project entails. But, some things to contemplate will be, will you be able to go under the driveway and any concrete walkways or patios. The price for such a undertaking is prohibitive to the worth of your property. During my 20+ years of residential remodeling, the most cost effective technique for waterproofing a basement continues to be constructing an interior waterproofing system.
Basement waterproofing specialists have a lot of tools at their disposal for getting water out of your basement. Interior drainage systems, sump pumps, industrial-strength dehumidifiers, and other even more advanced techniques can dry out a flooded basement in no time.
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Gutters
Gutters play a huge part in preventing basement flooding. Put simply, if you don't have water pooling up against the outside of your basement wall, you won't have water seeping into your basement. A good gutter system makes sure that the water is deposited away from your home or, in some cases, in a vast underground cistern that's designed to handle a week's heavy rain.
Foundation Cracks
Many people don't make the immediate connection between their basement's waterproofing and the cracks in their house's foundation. Of course, if you stop and think about it you can see the mechanics: water comes in through the foundation, at which point it has only whatever your basement walls and floors are made out of before it gets into your basement proper -- and those items are often made of wood, which the water will eventually destroy or seep through regardless.