Photo Album: Water and Well Ducts in Basements in Warrenton, VA

This home in Warrenton, VA was struggling to keep moisture out of their basement. This resulted in persistent mold and mildew issue. Watch as 3 Pros Basement Systems get rid of the mildew and waterproofs the basement!

A Point of Entry

This bulkhead entry can be a problematic point of entry when it comes to storms and heavy rain. You can also see a bit of the mildew issue in this photo.

Moldy Mildew

Here you can really see how problematic the mold and mildew situation is and we will treat it with MoldX before continuing to waterproof this space.

Now for the Mess

Now we have to jackhammer the perimeter of the basement so we can lay a drainage system.

Jackhammering!

Here is one of our crew members jackhammering away!

Post Hammering

Here is one wall after it has been jackhammered!

Removing the Debris

Once we have jackhammered the entire perimeter of the problematic walls, we will remove all of the chunks of large gravel we created and use a pick to remove all of the smaller pieces. All of this cement displacement is to make space for the drainage system! Laying this system will be what happens next!

WaterGuard

The grey plastic lining you see in the trenches we created is WaterGuard Drainage System. This will act like a gutter system in that it will streamline all of the water that comes in through the foundation, walls, windows, and doors and direct it to the sump pump.

Installation

Here is one of our crew members installing the WaterGuard!

The Trench

This grate system is a part of the WaterGuard and is laid in front of doors that tend to flood!

Check Point

Here you can see that the WaterGuard is about halfway done, as well as the white lining you see on the back wall. This white lining is CleanSpace Liner which you will see again in the next photo!

CleanSpace

Here you can see the walls are lined with CleanSpace which is a 7-ply waterproof barrier that will keep all of the moisture out of your home. After the water penetrates your foundation, the CleanSpace Liner will collect all of the moisture and direct it to the WaterGuard Drainage System which we have already installed at this point.

Well Ducts

What we are focusing on this image is the Well Duct which is the long black rectangle on the wall on the right hand side of the photo. If you look closely, you can see that behind the CleanSpace Liner above the Well Duct there is a window. The well Duct will collect any water that comes through the windows. This step is not necessary on all homes, but all of our treatments plans are catered to your home uniquely! After installing the Well Ducts, we will cut into the CleanSpace to expose the windows.

The Cut Out

Here is how we cut out the window!

The Final Product

The last product we will install before sealing everything up, is a new sump pump! This is specifically a Triple Safe Sump Pump which has three separate systems that work together to keep your home dry. This patent protected technology is so advanced that even if the first pump fails, the other two will keep it going, and the same thing goes for the next pump. This system sends all of the moisture from the rest of the waterproofing system to its final destination: out of your home!