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How to Solve Basement Water Problems in Chicago
Chicago is often described as a “city of neighborhoods” and our neighborhoods are distinguishable from those in many big cities in that the predominant type of residence is the single-family home...
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Kankakee Basement Waterproofing – 3 Common Ways to Fix a Wet Basement
Kankakee, IL is a small city of 27,000 located on the banks of the Kankakee River about 60 miles south of Chicago. Outside northern Illinois, the city is probably best known for...
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How Are Plumbers and Basement Waterproofers Different?
When something breaks or malfunctions around the house, the response of most homeowners is to call “the guy.” The guy can be the handyman who fixed the fence in the backyard...
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How Ground Water Causes Basement Flooding
Regardless of where you live, there’s water in the ground. OK, if you’re in Arizona or the Gobi Desert, that water’s pretty deep underground and there’s probably not a lot of it. However...
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Why a Plumber Doesn’t Repair Basement Seepage
If most homeowners were given a word association test, their response to “water leak” might likely be “plumber.” In many cases, they’d be right. Plumbers fix leaking pipes, leaking drains and leaking...
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Don’t Seal the Gap Between Basement Wall and Floor to Keep Out Water
One of the most common places to find water in a residential basement is in a puddle right next to the wall. This doesn’t happen because the wall itself is leaking water or...
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How a French Drain in Your Basement Will Keep It Dry
Many homeowners think that the way to keep their basement dry is to plug up holes and seal things, which has resulted in products like hydraulic cement, waterproofing paint and...
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Diagnosing a Basement Leak: Is it My Plumbing or My Foundation?
Discovering water in the basement is something every homeowner dreads. Depending on the severity of the problem, it can mean a lot of work in hauling out soggy boxes, drying rugs and...
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Trust Basement Waterproofing Experts to Lengthen Downspouts Underground
One of the keys to a dry basement is to keep excess water out of the area surrounding the foundation. Typically, a zone of at least ten feet around the foundation consists of...
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What Causes a Faulty Sump Pump?
A sump pump is one of those things that is easy to overlook but that can cause a lot of trouble if it stops working. That familiar “whirrrr…clunk” of most sump pumps becomes...
