Basement Waterproofing for Clinchfield homeowners
Clinchfield is a small rail community outside Perry with modest older housing, and the ground under it is sandy clay. That soil accepts rain readily and then holds onto it, so the zone around a foundation stays wet long after the surface looks dry.
Below grade construction from this era was rarely detailed for drainage. Footing drains were uncommon, waterproofing on the outside of the wall was often a coat of tar at best, and after seventy or eighty years there is little of it left. What remains is a porous block wall standing in wet soil.
We rebuild the drainage that was never there. A perimeter drain at the footing intercepts the water, a sump carries it out, and the discharge line runs well clear of the house. Then the wall gets sealed and every crack and cold joint gets treated with the water already under control. Photographs of each entry point and a fixed written price come before any work.
The scope is fixed before we start on a Clinchfield home, so nothing gets added once the crew is underneath.
- Complete interior drainage system
- Sump pump with backup options
- Wall sealing and vapor protection
- Lifetime warranty on waterproofing
