Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: WaterGuard installed in Greenville, SC basement

                This home in Greenville, SC was getting water into their basement. This was becoming a real inconvenience for the homeowners since the basement was used as a storage space. To protect their belongings, the homeowners realized that they would have to waterproof their basement from the inside to stop the water intrusion. They called us here at All-Dry of the Carolinas and we sent out our design specialist Jonathan Geddie, who gave the family a free estimate on how to waterproof their basement.                 Jonathan recommended the best interior drainage system that is offered, WaterGuard, be installed around the edges of the basement. WaterGuard is installed into the basement by having a trench jackhammered around the perimeter of the basement. Weep holes are drilled into the base of the basement walls so that any water that builds up in the blocks will be drained out into the system. The WaterGuard is then placed into the trench; it has a special wall flange that extends up the wall by 3/8” to catch all water that comes down the wall. WaterGuard sits on top of the soil so that there isn’t any chance of clogging like other drainage systems. To help guide any extra water that comes down the wall our crew installed CleanSpace wall which is attached to the wall and tucked behind the wall flange in the drainage system. The WaterGuard is then attached to a SuperSump pump that flushes the water from the basement. Once the entire drainage system is in place, the gaps are filled in with gravel and it is covered with cement to make the system invisible.                 This method of waterproofing works well because once the drainage system in place in the home there is less likely the chance of it being disturbed, unlike exterior waterproofing methods.