Waterproofing in Akron, OH
Basement Waterproofing
Stopping water that seeps through basement walls, floor cracks and the joint where wall meets floor, with drains, sump pumps or exterior membranes.
🕳️Interior Drain Tile Systems
A perforated drain laid under the basement floor along the walls that collects seepage and carries it to a sump pump, priced by the linear foot.
🏗️Exterior Waterproofing
Digging along the foundation down to the footing to apply a waterproof membrane, add drainage board and lay new footing drains outside the wall.
🌧️Wet Basement Repair
Finding why a basement takes on water after rain or snowmelt and matching the repair to the cause, from downspouts and grading to drain tile.
⚙️Sump Pump Installation
A new sump pit, pump, check valve and discharge line, installed where a drain system or high groundwater needs a way out of the basement.
🔁Sump Pump Replacement
Swapping a worn, noisy or failed sump pump in an existing pit, usually reusing the pit and piping and replacing the check valve if needed.
🔋Battery Backup Sump Pumps
A second pump on a battery, or a water-powered backup, that keeps the sump pit from overflowing when power fails or the main pump quits.
🪨French Drain Installation
A gravel trench with perforated pipe that collects groundwater or yard water and carries it away from the foundation to a safe outlet.
🌱Downspout & Yard Drainage
Regrading soil, extending or burying downspouts and fixing gutters so roof water lands well away from the basement walls.
🧱Foundation Crack Repair
Sealing leaking or structural cracks in poured concrete basement walls with epoxy or polyurethane injection, or repairing cracked block joints.
🏚️Foundation Repair
Assessing and repairing cracked, bowing, settling or sinking foundations, from wall straps and anchors to steel piers under the footing.
📐Bowing Wall Repair
Stabilizing basement walls pushed inward by soil pressure, using carbon fiber straps, wall anchors, steel braces or a partial rebuild.
⚓Wall Anchors
Steel plates buried in the yard and tied through the basement wall with rods, tightened to hold, and over time pull back, a bowed wall.
🧵Carbon Fiber Wall Straps
Carbon fiber strips epoxied to the inside of a cracked or slightly bowed basement wall to stop further movement without digging outside.
🔩Steel I-Beam Wall Braces
Vertical steel beams fastened to the basement floor and the joists above, set against a bowed wall to keep it from moving further inward.
🧰Basement Wall Replacement
Excavating, supporting the house and rebuilding a basement wall that has bowed, sheared or crumbled too far to brace.
🏗️Push Pier Underpinning
Steel piers driven through weak soil to firmer bearing under a settling footing, to stop sinking and sometimes lift the corner back.
🏠Crawl Space Encapsulation
Sealing a crawl space with a heavy liner on the floor and walls, closing the vents and controlling humidity with a dehumidifier.
🛡️Basement Vapor Barriers
Plastic or dimpled membranes on basement walls or under new flooring that slow moisture and guide seepage down to the drain system.
🌫️Basement Dehumidifiers
A drain-connected whole-basement dehumidifier sized to keep humidity in the range EPA recommends for preventing mold.
🍄Basement Mold & Mildew
Finding the moisture behind a musty smell or mold growth in the basement, cleaning it up and fixing the water source so it stays gone.
🧂Efflorescence & Damp Walls
White, chalky deposits and damp patches on basement walls show water moving through the masonry; the fix targets that water, not the stain.
🪟Egress Windows & Wells
Cutting a larger window opening in the foundation with a code-sized window well, for a basement bedroom and a second way out.
↩️Backwater Valves
A valve on the house sewer line that closes when the main backs up, so sewage cannot flow back out of the basement floor drain.