Foundation and waterproofing work in Brookfield
In Brookfield, the basement is usually part of the house. Homes built from the 1960s through the 1990s tend to have big finished lower levels with carpet, a bar, a home office, sometimes a guest suite. That's a lot of finished square footage sitting against poured or block walls in glacial clay. When the clay swells with snowmelt, the first warning is often a damp strip of carpet or a hairline crack behind a bookshelf. Mature trees and landscaped beds close to the house make it matter where the water is actually coming from.
We come out from our shop in Waukesha, walk the lower level with you, and figure out the cause before touching any drywall. Structural problems come first: crack repair, carbon fiber straps, or steel beams for walls that have moved. For water, we can install interior drain tile with a sump pump and battery backup, or excavate and waterproof from outside where the landscaping allows. We also seal walls, add vapor barrier, and cut egress windows. When the City of Brookfield requires a permit, we pull it.
