Who is the BEST waterproofing company in Lou Area

[GeoFisher]

I'm looking for folks who have used these companies and can recommend them.

Specifically I need the following:

* Someone who is good and reliable for the outside systems. Waterproofing block foundation and moving surface water
* Someone who is good and reliable and offers a warranty for the INSIDE systems. Drain Tile type system, and waterproofing of the block, etc, etc, and putting in a sump system to move the water .

I had a ton of water issues over christmas and will be cutting and redoing my entire downstairs.

Oh, btw.........Insurance for this type of stuff ***** ASS....you pay out the nose for this stuff, and they tell you to go flip sand......

let me know who you guys like for this stuff.

Later,

Geo

[Tyme2fish]

You should have just "wiggled" an inside water pipe and then the damage would have been covered.

[waterdog101]

You should have just "wiggled" an inside water pipe and then the damage would have been covered.

Tyme, Geo is a Republican, he would never even think of such a thing...

[Moveon]

I have the same problem with surface water and rain water that soaks into the ground or runs downhill into my yard.

For a year or two I worked for a company that did basement water proofing and gave a guarantee for the life of the basement.

Instead of trying to water proof the concrete block we drilled holes into the block from the basement side and allowed the water to pass through the foundation so as not to build up hydro pressure on the outside of the block wall.

The company would dig a trench inside the basement perimeter and direct the water down into the trench filled with 4" OD corrugated black PVC pipe and pea gravel. Then concrete is poured over the pea gravel and pipe to resurface the basement floor. Most of the basement floors are made out of concrete. The pipe is drained into a big sump pump hole and pumped out of the basement. Battery backup is used in case of a power outage for the pump. This system works very well and keep the basement dry.

The concrete blocks are flushed after the holes are drilled into them to get any mud and debris out of the inside of the concrete block so that the ground water can pass though the holes.

A thick plastic sheet if attached to the inside of the concrete block and directs the water down into the trench. The plastic sheets are 1/8" thick plastic that's cut to cover the block all the way from the trench to above the holes. Water hits the plastic and drops into the trench and into the drain pipe and out of the house basement via the sump pump.

They make a new system that works similar to this but without having to dig up the concrete floor. It's called Bee Dry in Evansville and used plastic channels that are glued to the floor and concrete block intersection. Then these are tied together along the perimeter and then into a sump pump system.

I've gotten bids from two or three different companies that do this type of work and it's about 6,000 for my crawl space. It's not cheap.

I'm not sure what the market is like in the Louisville area so your costs might be different.

This web site on facebook shows some pictures of the plastic system on the walls of the basement and floor.


https://www.facebook.com/Tri-State-B...68277/?fref=ts


[QUOTE=GeoFisher;552241]I'm looking for folks who have used these companies and can recommend them.