Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Leaking Floor Crack with a Partial Basement Waterproofing System
It is understandable that if homeowner sees water coming into his basement along one wall and around the corner to a side wall that it would only need to be fixed where the basement is getting wet. However, that is only where the weakest part of the basement is at that time that is flooding the basement. A more sever rain storms over a longer period of time may cause new leaks somewhere else if a complete basement waterproofing systems were not installed around the entire perimeter of the basement. In this case, years later, the basement floor cracks in the middle and opposite side where a sump pump and drainage system was installed began to occur. The floor cracks were taken out and more drainage was installed and drained into the sump pump in Collinsville IL.
White X marks the leaky basement spot
Years after installing a partial basement waterproofing system and sump pump, the middle of the floor where a floor crack was began to leak in this Collinsville, IL home.
Leaky Basement Floor Crack
Options for repair in Collinsville ,IL... A) complete the basement waterproofing system around the perimeter basement walls or B)install a drainage systems under the concrete floor where the leaky basement cracks were located.
Repairing leaking cracks
Option two was chosen, B, by the Collinsville, IL homeowner.
2 cracks to one drain line to the sump pump
Removing and installing a drainage system to the sump pump being shown here.
Sump pump
The water that was leaking into the basement from the floor cracks were drained into the sump pump.
