John's Waterproofing Before & After Photos

This homes 6 Mil vapor barrier was being chewed through and moved out of its place from critters and heavy waters. The barrier was having to be replaced every couple of years, and the homeowners were eager for a solution. They called up John's to hear more about our encapsulation and the benefits it provides the home. After addressing the homes concerns, the encapsulation was scheduled. 

The wooden posts under your home are important, they add stability and keep your home in place. When water comes into contact with the wood itself, a plethora of issues can occur. This homes crawlspace had a calcium deposit issue within the soil, and some of the wooden posts were sitting in the mud, their footings covered in mud. To address this issue so the home would be safe, we replaced those posts with SmartJacks and did a full encapsulation. 

This homeowner called us frustrated that her basement had leaked yet again, and she just couldn't handle it anymore. This has been a problem for her the last few years and just getting steadily worse. Our crews came in and installed a perimeter drainage system so that water would no longer be an issue for her. 

During the nasty winter of 2017 we had many calls to our office from people who were having water flooding into their basements and crawlspaces. this home was no exception. Sometimes when things like this happen some home owners improvise until we can make it out to the home. That’s exactly what this homeowner did, he put a make shift sump pump in the crawl to at least minimize the water coming in. you can see in the before picture that it helped, but definitely was not a permanent solution to this homeowner’s problem. Our crew came in cleaned up the crawl installed a more efficient sump pump in a proper low point spot of the crawlspace along with a back-up battery and dehumidifier. It was also encapsulated without Cleanspace system to help keep out any water or moisture. Later on our crew came back out to finish putting in spray foam insulation.

Paraseal is installed on the exterior walls of the new basement before it is back-filled in order to prevent any water intrusion in the future.