Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Basement Waterproofing Fairfax Virginia

This home in Fairfax Virginia had basement water problems. Water was coming through the walls and leading to wet carpets and musty odors in the basement. Our Certified Home Performance Sales Pro Carl did a detailed inspection before designing a project to not only prevent some of the water from coming through the walls, but to collect any future water and send it to a sump pump to discharge away from the home.

Basement Water

The carpeting had to be peeled back to expose the concrete surface of this wet basement.

Basement Water

Water had come through the walls, behind the drywall and was leaking into the carper of this basement.

Wet Basement Walls

After exposing the foundation walls of the basement, water spots were visible and could be targeted for sealing.

Basement Waterproofing

Our Water Guard system is designed to go beneath the floor and collect water to be delivered to a sump pump. This channel was dug out to install the water Guard.

Sources of Basement Water

A gutter down spout like this one can lead to basement water issues. Water should be lead away from the foundation or a home, not buried and drained right at the walls of the home.

Basement Waterproofing

Avoiding this plumbing pipe, our team was able to dig the Water Guard channel around the corner of this basement floor.

Basement Waterproofing

Installing Water Guard and then covering it with loose fill rocks.

Basement Waterproofing

Water Guard works beneath the floor of this basement and will deliver water to a sump pump for discharge out of the home.

Sump Pump Installation

This sump pump has a back up pump that will help with heavy water floor in case of flooding. The discharge lines will lead out of the home and away from the side of the house into the yard.