Basement Waterproofing Before & After Photos

One of the most popular products for our crews to install is WaterGuard. WaterGuard is a basement drain that keeps water that is soaking through the basement walls, from getting to the floor. The WaterGuard is installed around the perimeter of the basement and collects the water before it can get to the floor to sit and evaporate. This is what we installed in this home, as well as a SuperSump pump system.

The "before" photo shows an area in the basement without any products having been installed. You can see a few spots throughout the picture, mainly on the wall, where you can see the areas that water has come through. The most obvious area is in the middle of the picture, to the left of the black pipe. This is never a good sign because it means that water is making its way into your home, and could eventually cause problems with your home, and even your health.

The "after" photo shows what the basement looked like after our crew came in and installed the products for the homeowner. While there is not actually much to see, the system that was installed does a fantastic job at keeping the basement dry. The water is collected in the WaterGuard which drains the water to the sump pump, which then pumps the water outside.

This business was having some pretty serious issues with drainage from their building's downspouts. The water was getting into the business' basement, as well as beginning to cause foundation issues. In order to help the owner out, we installed some downspout extensions, as well as install a drain that ran all the way to the sewer drain.

The "before" picture shows the area that the drain will later be installed. As of now, the water has a path to the drain, but it isn't a very direct, or easy path to follow, which is especially important in heavier rains/flash flooding. Between the drain that will be installed here and the downspout extensions, this business owner won't have to worry about water standing around the foundation.

The "after" photo is a much different story than before, showing the same area but with the drain that runs directly to the sewer. Having this direct path to the sewer is so helpful, especially with the downspout extensions that go straight into a drain that connects with the one "seen" in the picture. This means that all of the water coming in from the roof and gutters is running straight into this drain. This means that the water is not just sitting on the structure's foundation, leading to further issues.

This home's basement had a lot of water intrusion through their basement walls, floors, but mainly from this doorway leading into the basement from the outside. This is a common point of entry and if the proper precautions are not taken around these problem areas, then water will more than likely get into the basement. This customer actually had a sump pump around this area, but because there was so much water, the sump wasn't able to handle it all.

The "before" picture shows what the customer was dealing with as an entrance to their basement. There really isn't all that much here besides the concrete with a little bit of a slope to it and a small sump pump to the left-hand side of the photo, just where that mesh is. All in all, this does not provide all that much protection for the basement.

The "after" photo shows a huge difference in protection for this basement. There are several lines of defense now! The first one we have is the drain right in front of the door, so that before the water even has a chance to make it into the basement it gets taken care of. Then we have the SuperSump sump pump, which is able to pump 2,650 gallons of water per hour. Last but not least, if those two fail, we have another small backup that was installed inside the basement, called WaterGuard. While the WaterGuard won't contain huge amounts of water pouring in, it will catch a small flow of water, which would more than likely be the case.

When it comes to your crawlspace, protecting it from moister is very important. In this home the crawlspace was taking on large amounts of moister. Not only was moister the problem, but the crawlspace was littered with debris, trash, and an old liner.  To solve this problem, our All-Dry of the Carolinas team encapsulated the entire crawlspace.

Our All-Dry crew was able to install a series of our waterproofing technology that would take care of the water issue in the crawlspace. Our crew installed a CleanSpace liner, sump pump, and dehumidifier. When encapsulating the crawlspace with CleanSpace, it seals the area to keep moisture from creeping up from the ground and causing damage to your foundation.   A dehumidifier was placed in the crawlspace as a solution to the humidity that is produced from the pipes under your house. A SumpPump is to flush out entering water and excess water from the dehumidifier from the crawlspace. Together with all these tools, the crawlspace is completely protected from moisture.