The basement before had repeated water seepage.
Water seepage was especially prevalent where the walls meet the foundation floor.
The team installs CleanSpace to drain wall leaks.
The old sump pump did not have a cover, needed a more efficient pump and an exit line.
The team improves the previous pump with a more efficient pump.
The team member is working to ensure that the newly constructed perimeter is debris free for the installation of WaterGuard.
This is where the new SuperSump will be installed.
The team uses various tools to construct the perimeter in preparation for WaterGuard installation.
The perimeter is now ready for WaterGuard installation.
After a hole is constructed, the team places the durable, perforated sump liner to allow ground water seepage
The team constructed a new exit line, replaced the pump with a more efficient one and covered the sump to keep water vapor from rising into the space.
The team installs WaterGuard on top of the foundation footing to prevent clogs.
CleanSPace is securely tucked into WaterGuard to ensure that wall leaks are drained to the drainage system.
The team lays CleanSpace strips on top of the WaterGuard system to protect from the concrete that will be poured to finish the installation.
The same CleanSpace system is used around the sump pump.
CleanSpace and WaterGuard work in perfect conjunction to keep wall leaks away from the foundation floor.
Improving the old sump pump would not have been enough to keep this basement but with WaterGuard, CleanSpace or SuperSump this basement has much more potential to ward off water intrusion.
To finish the installation of WaterGuard, the team pours concrete to level with the rest of the foundation floor.
SuperSump comes with special features such as the WaterWatch alarm system that activates when water rises beyond a certain point in the system.
CleanSpace not only drains wall leaks to the WaterGuard but also has an antimicrobial additive to resist mold growth on the liner.
These systems are designed to help keep basements dry.
Now that the team has installed patented and efficient products and improved on the old, the homeowner is thrilled to have claimed her basement back!
Project Info

Barbara S. from Oregon was searching for solutions to repeated water seepage in her basement, when she came across the team at MidAmerica Basement Systems on the internet. The team waterproofed the basement by installing WaterGuard subfloor drainage system, SuperSump pump system and CleanSpace to the basement walls. The MidAmerica Basement Systems team provided Barbara with a dryer, brighter basement!