Basement Waterproofing Before & After Photos

This homeowner in Lexington, KY, took great pride in having the best festivity decorations in the whole neighborhood. They stored a lot of their decorations in their basement, including the witches seen in this before photo. However, you may notice that the homeowner had to keep their storage items a few inches from the floor of the basement due to flooding concerns. On top of the flooding, the humidity levels were high in the basement due to moisture transference through the walls. When we waterproofed the basement with our subfloor drains, our sump pump, and our dehumidifier, we also made sure to wrap the leaky walls with our CleanSpace system. This bright, fresh, and durable vapor barrier will make sure that this basement stays dry and clean. Now that the basement is safe from moisture, the homeowners can feel safe storing their seasonal items in the basement. 

What would you lose in your basement in the event of a flood? Valuable sporting equipment? Priceless trophies and documents? Another sad fact about basement flooding is that most insurance companies won't cover the damages. That's why it's so valuable to have a basement waterproofing system that you can trust to never flood. Our full interior perimeter waterproofing system has brought peace of mind to so many homeowners, and we love to provide them. If you are worried about your items if your basement floods, be sure to give us a call for a free inspection.

This basement in Mount Vernon, KY, had a monolithic foundation, and water seeped in and left dark stains along the walls. We installed a two-stage waterproofing system using DryTrak against the wall to capture seepage and a perforated drain a couple feet in from the floor to handle groundwater. Both connect to a new SuperSump pump for reliable discharge. BrightWall panels finished the job by covering the stained walls and giving the basement a clean, bright look.

This two-stage system is designed specifically for monolithic foundations. If you have a monolithic foundation, and you want to see how it works, be sure to click on our DryTrak page to learn more about our baseboard drainage pipe that requires no excavation or explore a past case study here. This homeowner also left us a Google review: Check it out here.

The renovators for this newly purchased home knew that the epoxy sealant applied to the foundation walls was not going to help this basement stay dry. You see, epoxy sealants and other sealants of the same nature don't fix the root cause of basement leaking issues. The real problem is all the water pressure sitting on the outside of the foundation walls, and the best way to relieve that pressure is an interior perimeter waterproofing system. We installed our system equipped with subfloor drains, a sump pump, and a vapor barrier. This system invites the built up water through weeping holes near the bottom of the foundation, (as seen in the before photo) and discharges all the water far away from the base of the home. After the system was installed, the renovators were ready to finish the basement however they like. 

We waterproofed this basement in Winchester, Kentucky, by using our patented WaterGuard subfloor drains. The basement was attached to the garage and sat a couple feet deeper than the garage, so it received all the floods. We wrapped the basement with our interior perimeter drains and directed them to a sump pump (unpictured) to help manage water intrusions. We also installed a grated trench drain at the base of the garage door to help capture any water that may run in from the garage floor. The result is a dry basement where the homeowner won't have to worry about it flooding any longer.