Saturday, April 4, 2009

Basement Waterproofing

See all that water?? It was high time we got this show on the road to finish the basement and this was the first thing we had to check off our list. We found a recommended and very reasonable waterproofing company to come in and get the deed done. It took about 10 (working) days total and so far, we are pleased with the results. Although, the jackhammering was something to sit through! Usually, me and the girls went for walks to the park or over to Nana & Pepere's house so that we didn't have to listen to the constant banging. That was the only rough part to the whole process. First they cut a trench around half of the basement perimeter and pumped all the water out, roughly a thousand gallons was the guess! Then they filled in with the drainage tile/hose and then filled in with gravel and finally sealed back up again with concrete. Then they repeated with the other side and put in a sump pump in the northwest corner of the basement. I'm very happy to get the area cleaned up and remodeled! Hopefully it won't take forever...

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