Do you have a moisture issue. It doesn’t necessarily mean that you have a crisis, but this a good opportunity to do an exterior wall inspection. Doing this before a leak potentially damage your basement could save you a lot of money and headaches later on.
After years of restoring foundations, we’ve seen improper grading, poor drainage, and bad waterproofing lead to a leaky foundation. Our climate, clay, soils, and being on a titanic plates putting further strain against your most vulnerable parts of our homes.
To fight this, we use two different products that work together to create one of the best and up to date foundation waterproofing on the market today: 1 blueskin membrane a ruber sheet with an Adhesive on the back and 2 delta board a plastic wrap. This system provides unmatched resistance to preventing water from standing against your foundation.
One of the most vulnerable parts of you home is your basement / crawl space. Foundation's a lot of homeowners or people think it’s their roof. But thats Wrong. your foundation carries the heaviest burden and is always being hit with water, soil, trees, animals, and much more. Unfortunately most people ignore there foundations ( it concrete after all right so hard to break) wrong remember the power of water and how it changes the earth, how plant can break concrete just because it’s largely underground and hidden from view. Dosent mean you shouldnt think about it When the water starts to leak in — which it will happen in all basements at one point or another — the foundation can be inspected by doing a test dig.
In Nanaimo and most of the Island, this problem is made even worse by our Continuous rainy weather, dense clay, soils and high seismic activit, Lots of water, poor drainage put a lot of stress on concrete foundations, and more on masonry block walls. Contrary to belief most people think, concrete actually absorbs water. Which would be wrong concrete is pores like a Sponge The water that is in the soil from rain, drainage put pressure against your foundation, which could eventually crack and lead to leaks if poorly waterproofed and untreated.
You can prevent this by regularly inspecting and cleaning your perimeter drains, and properly waterproofing your foundation, cleaning your gutters and stoping Debris from blocking your drains. Most older homes in Nanaimo have tar applied to the outside of the foundation. Damp-proofing is a minimum code application, and is not the same as waterproofing. It inhibits water penetration, but does not prevent it. Over time, this coating starts to flake, rub or ware away. As this happen your foundation is more subject to the elements. Allowing hairline Cracks and honeycombing from appear on the foundation. Tar doesn’t stretch to fill cracks, honeycomb areas allowing moisture to seep in. The common musty smell in basements is often a symptom of this problem.
If you want to do it right and eliminate musty odors, mold, mildew and water leaks permanently, waterproof your basement from the exterior is a good start. It’s been proven the test of time and is what modern building code should require. Using waterproof paints, sealers or interior trench they will not permanently get rid your damp basement side-effects like must or mold. Excavating around the exterior of your house and applying an waterproofing membrane and deita board provide an unbeatable triple layer of basement waterproofing protection.
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