Waterproofing Your Basement

Do you often find damp floors or a moldy smell in your basement after a heavy rain? If so, you might want to consider waterproofing your basement.

It's not uncommon for homes to experience seepage problems, but depending on the amount of water and whether you want a finished basement, eliminating that water is crucial. Basements are useful spaces, but being underground, they're constantly exposed to groundwater. Water naturally finds its way into cracks and crevices, and no matter how well you try to seal your walls, it's likely water will eventually find a way in.

The waterproofing solution John Lucky Plumbing offers involves allowing the water to enter your home through a drainage system, where it can easily collect and be removed by a pump. We begin by determining where the water is entering your basement. We then break up the basement floor about 12 inches from the wall and dig down approximately 12 to 14 inches. Next, we place a layer of gravel in the bottom of this trench and install a perforated pipe. The perforations allow water to enter the pipe, which is also covered with a mesh to prevent debris from clogging the system. This pipe system leads to a hole, approximately 28 by 28 inches, where the pipe discharges the collected water into a pit.

The piping system carries groundwater from the surrounding soil to this low point, the sump pit, which houses a pump. The pump then discharges the water into your yard or, if local codes permit, into a system that connects to the city's water system. This is the basic concept of our waterproofing system at John Lucky Plumbing. Please call us today to see how we can help!