Basement Waterproofing for Griffin homeowners
Griffin sits high on the Piedmont, and the clay here is as heavy as any we work in. It does not drain. Water that reaches the backfill around a foundation stays there, and the wall ends up holding a column of saturated soil for weeks after a wet stretch.
Basements are more common in Spalding County than down in Houston County, and a lot of them are in mill-village homes and fifties ranches with block walls. Block under sustained lateral pressure from swelling clay develops cracking along the mortar joints, and those joints become the route water takes in.
We take the pressure off before sealing anything. A perimeter drain at the footing gives the water an easier path than through the wall, a sump lifts it out, and the discharge runs downhill well away from the house. Once the wall is no longer loaded we seal it and treat the cracking. If a wall shows signs of active movement we deal with that first, because sealing a moving wall does not hold.
The scope is fixed before we start on a Griffin 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
