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Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Wet Basement Granite City IL

This large ranch home developed an ongoing wet basement problem that leak in different parts when there was a light rain verses a heave rain. A perimeter waterproofing system with a battery back up sump pump system to make sure the basemetn will remain dry all the time.

Jack Hammer the Perimeter

The small section of the basement floor is removed to open a pathway for the waterproofing system in the basement.

Work Area

Basement items meed to be moved as far from the wall as possible. The items are covered and luckily the basement floor broke out normally so that we could work in this part of the basement with limited space.

Settling WaterGUARD™

Typically, basement waterproofing systems are placed along the wall and floor wherever the water leakage is occurring.

Open Trench

With the floor rubble removed the WaterGUARD™ waterproofing system can be place in the open trench along the foundation wall.

Waterproofing Under an Interior Wall

Going along the basement perimeter the waterproofing system needs to extend under interior finished wall. The basement floor was removed making room for the WaterGUARD™.

WaterGUARD™ Going Under a Wall

The waterproofing piping is set and placed under the wall with brown rock, no limestone.

Per Homeowner Request

The pedestal sump pump was left in place and used as a secondary sump pump draining some water from the water proofing system. With this type of open sump pump it a dehumidifier is highly recommended. The homeowner was running to 40 pint units already. Pictured on the floor to the right of the sump pump is a section on the WaterGUARD™.

Basement Stairs

A couple of the basement steps are removed to install the waterproofing system. In this basement, the stringer were rotten at the bottom touching the floor so the homeowner agreed to have them removed. We would typically replace the steps as best possible but in this case the homeowner wanted to take care of that repairs so as to not add to the cost for this project.

WaterGUARD™ and the Rock.

We not not place pieces of the broken floor into the trench with the waterproofing system. We do not use limestone either because depending on how much line dust is mixed with the stone it could form into concrete and clog the water flow.

Floor Concrete Replaced

Finished and concrete covered the waterproofing system that is taking all the water tot he sump pumps.

Setting the WaterGUARD™

With the basement floor removed, the waterproofing piping is placed in the open trench.

Waterproofed Corner

Completely installed perimeter basement waterproofing system with the concrete floor re-poured.

4 inch Drain Line

The WaterGuard™ waterproofing piping is equivalent to a 4 inch pipe so a 4 inch drain line (white PVC) is used to connect tot he sump pump.

TripleSAFE™ Sump Pump

The pump system has 3 sump pumps, 2 primary pumps and one battery back up 3rd pump. The lid helps control escaping evaporation and has a 2nd high water alarm just like the batter backup. If the battery back up sump pump runs an alert is sounded too to warn about a problem.