John's Waterproofing Before & After Photos

The high humidity and environment in this crawlspace had created the ideal space for fungus growth along the dirt floor. The homeowners knew that this would draft up into their home and needed it addressed. We did a full encapsulation to seal up the crawlspace, keeping this home dry and healthy. 

This homes crawl space had an old sump pump, but it had not been addressed in years. The system was not made to address the amount of water that was present and it was struggling. To get the space dry and healthy we would upgrade the system with a full pipe, pump, and plastic. To begin we removed the old vapor barrier and sump system. We than dug a trench around the interior perimeter of the space, installing a drain system to collect groundwater and channel it to the lowest point of the crawl space. From here the water enters the new TripleSafe sump system which pumps the water away from the homes foundation. We than laid down a new 6 Mil vapor barrier, overlapping edges to help it protect the home. Now this home is set with a system which is made to keep up with the homes groundwater. 

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.

This crawlspace in Lebanon was your typical crawlspace in terms of water and moisture and falling insulation. Our crew installed our patented CleanSpace System to finish the space and make it look amazing!