Mold and Mildew
This nasty photo is before the basement was waterproofed! You can see how the moisture crept in where all of the mold and mildew is. Most of us are allergic to mold and mildew to some extent and it leaves you with a funky smell. If you have more porous materials it can also be very destructive.
Getting Comfortable with Power Tools
This is simply a snapshot of a jackhammer! This powerful tool is what loosens the existing cement, leaving us with a trench to instert the WaterGuard.
WaterGuard
Fast forward a couple steps, and now we have arrived to the part of basement waterproofing where the CleanSpace Liner and WaterGaurd have been installed. They grey plastic in the trench we jack-hammered is the WaterGaurd which is the sub-flooring drainage system which will collect all of the water and direct it to your sump pump. The white walls is the CleanSpace liner which is the actual waterproofing aspect of this project. This acts as the vapor barrier, pushing all of the water into the WaterGuard Drainage System. After this stage in a basement waterproofing, it is time to back fill our hole with loose stones and seal the floor with fresh cement.
SuperSump!!!
This photo shows the new sump pump that we put in! This state of the art SuperSump Pump will make sure the water leaves your basement never to return. It has a alarm system that will notify you when it is too full or it is malfunctioning. Comfenergy makes sure to track the sump pump far away from the house, a common mistake in basement waterproofing is dumping the pumped water right back next to the house. After this point in a job it is time to stop making a mess, and start cleaning up.
A Hole to be Filled
When we jackhammer a trench, we also jackhammer a hole to be later filled with a sump pump if the home owner's basement did not already have one. A sump pump is what collects all of the water from the WaterGaurd and pushes it out of the house.