leaking basement

BIG RUH · Feb 20, 2013

Basement leaks water after rains between the wall and floor. We have estimates from Helitech & B- Dry. Anyone have any experience with either company? Good or Bad?

Formerly PaMike · Feb 20, 2013

We had some water coming in our basement. 1 of our spouting downspouts wasnt piped away from the house. Paid to have the spout barried about 30 ft and all our water problems went away...it worked on our house due to the grade, but you might not be able to bury your downspouts...

hadley · Feb 20, 2013

I would be very careful with any of those big companys. I had one of those bigger companys come to my place after I bought it as I had the same exact water between floor and wall problem when we got heavy rains. They wanted somewhere in the 30-40K range to dig up my basement floor and do a whole bunch of work that I knew was BS. I told them that I was just going to have french drains put in instead b/c I knew that I did not have any. They tried to say that I did and that they jsut werent working. Funny thing is I knew I didn't because I bought from original owners and built the place and told me when I bought that they did not put any french drains in when they built or any time after. After getting the company out of here that day and telling them no they called everyday for a couple weeks trying to push me on it until I threatened to call the bbb on them for harassment b/c they would not take no for an answer. 2 years later I did french drains myself and problem solved basement dry as can be now no water whatsoever no matter how much rain we get. If i remember right the company that was here was called everdry.

Jiles · Feb 20, 2013

Depending on what size leak you have, I would try simpler things first.
Make sure water runs away from foundation and be sure to have a gutter system that will carry water away as well. Sometimes this is difficult because it should have been done before the building was built.
Many times, people will spend big bucks and still have a problem because of the above not being to up to par.

Stephen Newell · Feb 20, 2013

Close to 50 years ago in my dad's basement the block walls leaked really bad. He painted the walls with a coating called Stay Dry and it is just now starting to leak again in one corner. I did a google search for the company and can't find it but there are other companies that make a similar product.

Bob - MI · Feb 20, 2013

Pay attention to grading amd make sure your yard is pitched away from the house.

Gutters are also important.

Where are you at in the country? What soil do you have? (sand, clay)

Dave Sherburne NY · Feb 20, 2013

I had water coming into a basement in a house in Wi. Where the house was there was about 12" of topsoil and then clay. It was like the cellar was sitting in a bowl. I put a sump pump hole in the corner and laid a row of bricks 4" from the wall around the 2 sides where it came in which channeled all the water to the sump pump. No more problems

El Toro · Feb 21, 2013

I had catch basins installed about 20 years ago
in the backyard and have the downspouts connected to carry the water out to the street. The sump pumps are connected to it too. When that Hurricane Sandy hit last October
we received 7 inches of rain. Everyone lost power, but our Kohler generator started kept the water pumped out. Our power was off for 26 hours, but our neighbors lost power for 3 days. Hal

Pops1532 · Feb 21, 2013

I don't know anything about those companies but if they're like the big outfit that advertises on the radio in northern IL you'd be well off to not hire them.

The system the big outfit uses around here does NOTHING to stop water from entering the house. They cut the floor around the perimeter, dig next to the footing, install a sump pit, tile, gravel, then place a worthless vinyl barrier against the wall, then re-pour the part of the floor they tore out. The vinyl sticks up above the floor and is supposed to stop water flow running into the basement. The problem is they often don't seal the joints and I've seen cases where they stop short of an interior partition....which is where the water runs out.
They do nothing to discourage water from running inside the foundation.

Do as others have suggested. Add fill if needed so water drains away from the house. Keep your gutters clean so they don't overflow. Put looooong kickers on your downspouts.
Doing those things won't cure a leak but they often prevent leaks. At a fraction of the cost of the basement leak repair scammers.

Michael Price · Feb 22, 2013

Dont eve call everdry, they take your money and run.

You have to dig down and seal the block. Also put up gutters and down spouts to run the water away from the house. Like mentioned above make sure to grade the ground so the water doesnt flow up against the wall.

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