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Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Leaking Over the Sill Plate, Mascoutah, IL

Wet Basements can be caused from leaking hot water heaters, plumbing pipes, foundation wall cracks, a dying sump pump not being able to keep up with the water coming in, leaking up from the basement floor crack, pipe penetrations through the wall, and poor lanscaping. In this case the rock field drain did not have a deep enough "V" grade to hold and drain the water away from the buidling. Re-doing the exterior drainage or installing an exterior sump pump that cna get the water away quicker than it is coming in are two solutions to this problem.

Flooded Landscape

Only during the heavy rainfall would the basement get wet. Outside

Water Leaking Over the Sill Plate

Even with a brick exterior walls, the water from heavy rain flooded the yard outside and leaked into the basement by coming over the sill plate.

Second Leak

Typically, wet basements are caused when there is too much water saturating the ground around that basement and leak in at the wall and basement floor seam. This basement had that problem and water coming in over the sill plate. Both issues needed to be address for a dry basement.

Leaking at the Pipe Opening

The opening drilled for the air conditioning lines to go to the outside unit also leaked when the landscaping flooded. Plugging the hole is not a good repair because the wood is getting wet and will grow mold and then rot as the water is coming in at the sill plate elsewhere.

Outside Air Conditioning Lines

Exterior of where the HVAC lines were coming our of the basement.

One Leak Went to the Sump Pump

Several spots where leaking over the sill plate and only a couple leaked and ran to the sump pump. The rest got the finished side of the basement wet.