Exterior waterproofing benefits
Reduces the moisture in a basement which helps eliminate musty odors and other allergies that affect people.
Waterproofing the exterior foundation walls will give you a structurally sound foundation and eliminates the amount of deteriation that will occur on your foundation walls. This can save your home thousands of dollars in repairs among other things. Sometimes belongings can be ruined by leaky basements where too much moisture buildup is damaging.
Basement moisture or water problems can reduce the value of your home, Most Realtors will advise their customers to fix their basement before offering their home for sale. Therefore your property value will increase immediately once it has been waterproofed.
Waterproofing your home can strengthen the houses foundation as water can weaken the structures base and cause settlement in your home which therefore will cause interior cracks and shifting of the floors.
Once your basement has been waterproofed it will allow you to go on vacation and have peace of mind.
Exterior Waterproofing process is as follows:
- Waterproofing your basement from the exterior is highly recommended because the water problem is being addressed from the source.
- Waterproof your home from the exterior it allows you to restore the foundation to its nature state and also allows you to gain maximum drainage around you property by installing new weeping tile.
- Exterior waterproofing is a system that requires excavation around the perimeter of the building. The excavation depth obviously depends on the elevation of your property so therefore most excavations range from 4 to 8 feet deep and aprox 2 ½ ft wide.
- Once the hole has been excavated speed shoring is installed to insure the safety of the men and to prevent any soil from breaking free and caving in the area dug.
- Excavation is to the footings where the old weeping tiles are removed and new 4 inch weeping tile with filter cloth are installed.
- Foundation walls are then cleaned and inspected for any voids or structural cracks, the defected areas are chiseled out and repaired with non-shrink hydraulic cement which basically expands when applied to the voids.
- We then apply a trowel on rubber membrane which will be the main ingredients to waterproofing your foundation; this product has the elongation which will allow the product to expand if any further settlement occurs in your foundation.
- Then we apply a dimpled sheet of drainage membrane which is fastened to the top with a termination bar, this membrane will act as a protection board and a drainage membrane.
- Once the waterproofing and membrane has been installed a layer of ¾ clear gravel is placed over the weeping tile to maximize the drainage to its fullest potential.
- If your home has any windows below grade and you require a window well, it is installed and a 4 inch weeping tile is installed vertically down from the inside of the window well to the footings and filled with ¾ clear stone in order to create drainage in the window well.
- Then the area is backfilled with its native soil and compacted to its original level. Once this system is tested you have fully waterproofed your foundation and will have no further issues with water . CONTACT US:
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