Wet Basement in Evansville, IN

Basements Don't Have To Be Wet

When your home was built, the builders designing it never meant for the basement to be a damp, musty, flooding space. Basements always seem to be flooding in Evansville during this time of year. Whether it's from spring melt, or rain, or a broken sprinkler system, Evansville basements are wet right now. The most common spots for leaking include the walls and the seam where the walls meet the floor slab. For many homeowners, there is no point in any given year where their basement is dry. When a space is constantly wet like that, it's the perfect recipe for a mold disaster and it makes a good portion of your square footage into useless space. 

How to keep your basement dry

The best solution to a wet basement problem is a French drain system called Waterguard. The Waterguard perimeter drain system will capture both the water weeping from your block foundation walls and the water coming up from your floor. Waterguard is an anti-clogging system that separates out the soil under the floor from the water being removed from your basement. There are engineered wall flanges that create a space between the wall and the floor to promote drainage and stop the concrete from wicking moisture into the basement from the surrounding soil. There is a special drain outlet that continuously dehumidifies as water moves through the system. Water will enter the system via inlet holes and flow through the Waterguard ditching silty soil along the way. 

The Waterguard drains will direct the water to the TripleSafe Sump Pump system where it will be removed from the basement. TripleSafe is a powerful and reliable Zoeller sump pump. With 3 pumps, an alarm, and battery backup, this unit will easily keep up with the amount of water coming in to the basement, even during a storm!

Another helpful product to consider in your basement is the CleanSpace Wall System. This engineered film will help to direct the wall moisture into the Waterguard system and isolate that moisture from your indoor air. This will lower the relative humidity in the basement and decrease the risk of mold. Waterguard and its components can be installed in a basement even if it is actively flooding and in many cases, the sump pump system can assist with water removal even before the system is fully installed. 

Healthy Spaces has a full line of basement products, including the Waterguard basement Waterproofing System. It’s a state of the art piping system engineered specifically to solve basement water problems. One of the most amazing things about the Waterguard perimeter drainage system is that it is only one component of a customizable waterproofing system and it is able to be installed in virtually every basement in Evansville! The entire perimeter of a basement can quickly and permanently be protected against future water intrusion.

We can help you!

Due to the variety of trouble spots, types of flooding, and the risk of mold, it is always best to have a professional waterproofing installation completed in your home. In fact, using a reputable professional like Healthy Spaces has other benefits, like a transferable warranty, annual maintenance, quick service, and high quality dust control. Tim Runyon, owner, says, "At Healthy Spaces, we specialize in the unique problems that below-grade spaces present. Our installations include a written, transferable warranty that will provide you with long-lasting peace of mind. We understand that a basement represents a very large section of space in your home. If you live in a one-story home, the basement can be half your available space! We can make sure you can use all your square footage. In fact, installation of your waterproofing system should take our installers one, perhaps two, days under normal conditions. Our installers use quality Basement Systems® products, which have proven effective for drying basements for more than 20 years."