Basement Waterproofing for Lizella homeowners
The clay west of Macon is the defining fact for anything built below grade in Lizella. When it takes on water it expands, and it expands with real force against whatever is holding it back. When it dries it shrinks and pulls away from the wall, opening a gap that funnels the next rain straight down to the footing.
That cycle is hard on block. A wall that spends every wet season under lateral pressure develops horizontal cracking along the mortar joints, and those joints then become the path water follows in. On the large rural lots out here, with no storm drainage and often well water, there is nothing carrying rain away before it reaches the foundation.
So the work has two jobs. Take the pressure off with a perimeter drain at the footing and a sump that keeps the level down, and take the water away from the outside with grading and downspout runs so the clay near the house stops swinging between saturated and bone dry. Then the wall gets sealed and any cracking gets treated. Written price and photographs first.
Lizella homeowners get the same scope every time, priced in writing before a crew books the date.
- Complete interior drainage system
- Sump pump with backup options
- Wall sealing and vapor protection
- Lifetime warranty on waterproofing
