Regardless of the construction of your Chicago area basement, finished or unfinished, Perm-Seal can design and install a basement waterproofing system that will dry up your wet Chicago basement!
Most systems offer a “Life of the Structure” warranty that is transferable should you sell your Chicago home.
WaterGuard® Chicago Basement Waterproofing System
WaterGuard® is a piping system engineered specifically to solve Chicago basement waterproofing problems effectively without worry of clogging from soils under the floor. It has large holes in the back to accept water and a flange with special segments.
Practical Design - The patented WaterGuard® system has a design that separates it from the soil under your floor so it will never clog. It also has a special wall flange that creates a neat space between the floor and the wall to drain any wall seepage, without allowing dirt and debris from the floor to enter. The WaterGuard® system is applicable to all types of foundations including block, poured concrete, stone, etc. Weep holes are drilled into block walls to drain water out of the walls into the system. Water enters the WaterGuard® system via holes on the wall side and flows in the WaterGuard® conduit to a SuperSump or other drain.
The WaterGuard® system intercepts water at the perimeter of your Chicago basement and drains it, unseen, safely away - guaranteed! The basement waterproofing system will keep your Chicago basement clean and dry so you can use the space for storage, recreational purposes, or to finish for additional living space.
Basement Waterproofing Chicago
WATERPROOFING PROBLEMS
The basement is a valuable part of your home and is designed to be dry, usable space, whether as a finished recreation room, a workshop, or simply a safe storage area. Once a leak occurs however, its usefulness and value is very limited - fortunately permanent solutions are available for all seepage problems.
THE CLAY BOWL CONCEPT
When your home was built, a hole was excavated into very hard, virgin soil to accommodate the basement. The ground never "forgets" this hole, thus whenever the ground becomes saturated, water will always seek to fill this hole. This water creates pressure around your walls and floor that allows for seepage opportunities at any cracks or joints. This water pressure will occur during prolonged heavy rains despite your best efforts to keep ground water away from your home. That is why extending downspouts, building up the grade, caulking driveway cracks, and even adding room addition slabs may mitigate the amount of seepage you receive, but won't solve the problem.
IN OTHER WORDS:
Waterproofing Problems
Three Types of Leaks
Water can seep into your basement one of three ways: through the walls, through the floor or floor/wall joint, or over the top of the wall. Pinpointing the actual location of seepage is key to choosing the appropriate solution, so mark the source whenever the seepage is active.
Through the walls:
Through the floor or floor/wall joint:
Most modern homes are built with a drain tile system around the footings to keep water from creating pressure against the floor or cove area (floor/wall joint). Some drain tiles run into the sump pump, others to the city storm sewer system. If seepage occurs in this area, check your pump's operation first, if that is working normally, then your drain tile is not.
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Water entering at the top of the wall, between the concrete and wooden sill-plate, is due to one of 2 things: The soil grade has been built up outside the home, higher than the concrete. Homeowners, in their efforts to keep water away from the foundation, build the dirt level higher than the concrete wall, ironically creating a seepage problem through the below grade brick or siding.
Wet Basement Solutions ...
Perma-Seal offers a wide variety of solutions to best solve your Chicago basement waterproofing problem.Basements, regardless of the material they are constructed of are imperfect structures built in soils that vary. Water leaking into basements is a problem that has troubled Chicago homeowners for generations. Over the years, contractors and engineers have developed numerous methods to waterproof Chicago basements . Some waterproofing methods are obviously better than others. The primary cause for a basement leak is hydrostatic pressure. Surface water saturates the soil around your home causing water pressure (hydrostatic pressure) against the foundation, which pushes water through the pores, cracks, and joints in the walls and floor.
*OTHER FOUNDATION TYPES
If your walls are other than poured concrete, e.g. stone, block, tile, there are special systems designed just for your foundation type, please call us for professional assistance.
What to do next: The best approach to permanently solving a seepage problem is to get an inspection by a trained foundation expert.
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