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Exterior Waterproofing in Butler, WI

Butler block basements, dry enough to use again

Exterior waterproofing in Butler, WI for modest older homes with aging block walls. We dig to the footing, seal the wall, add new weeping tile and regrade.

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Exterior Waterproofing for Butler homes

Butler is a small railroad village on the Milwaukee County line, and a lot of its homes are modest older houses with basements that do real work. The washer and dryer are down there, along with shelves of storage, the furnace and the water heater. When the block walls start to show their age with damp spots, flaking and a musty smell, everything down there is at risk and laundry day turns into a chore.

Exterior waterproofing gets the basement back. We dig down to the footing, clean the block, fill cracks and open joints, and seal the wall with a liquid membrane. Dimple board protects it, new weeping tile goes in at the footing with washed gravel around it, and the backfill is graded so rain and snowmelt drain away. On a smaller house, one or two walls are often all that need it.

Butler is a short drive from our shop on Easy St in Waukesha. Nick or Luis will look at the walls, check the block for any bowing that needs bracing first, and give you a written quote. Financing is available if it helps to spread the cost. When the Village of Butler requires a permit, we pull it.

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Exterior Waterproofing diagram for Butler, WI homes - Basement Foundation Repair

What's Included

What exterior waterproofing in Butler includes

For an older Butler home, exterior waterproofing includes these four steps on each wall we open:

Excavation to the footing

We dig along the leaking wall down to the footing so the whole face of the foundation can be cleaned, repaired and sealed.

Liquid waterproof membrane

Cracks get hydraulic cement, then the wall gets a thick elastomeric membrane that keeps water off the concrete.

Dimple board and weeping tile

Dimple board gives water a gap to drain down, and new perforated weeping tile at the footing carries it away.

Washed gravel and regrading

Washed gravel around the tile keeps it draining, then we backfill and grade the soil to slope away from the house.

Warning Signs

Signs your Butler home needs exterior waterproofing

Water seeping through the wall after heavy rain or the spring thaw
White chalky efflorescence on the block
A musty smell that never leaves the basement
Paint peeling or bubbling off a foundation wall
Water pooling against the foundation outside after a storm
An old leak that interior patches never stopped

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How It Works

How a exterior waterproofing job in Butler runs

Find the leak path

We look at the wall inside and the grade outside to see where the water gets in.

Written plan and price

You get the excavation length, the materials and the price on paper.

Dig, seal and drain

Our own crew excavates, repairs and seals the wall, and sets new weeping tile and gravel.

Backfill and warranty

We backfill, regrade, clean up and register your lifetime transferable warranty.

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Lifetime

Backed by a lifetime transferable warranty

We stand behind every job in Butler. If the problem we fixed ever comes back, we return and make it right at no cost, and the warranty passes to the next owner when you sell.

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Real Results

What homeowners say about our crew

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They replaced our drain tile, put in a sump pump, set steel beams, and sealed the basement walls - then redid the window wells and buried a downspout outside. The price was competitive and Nick, Luis and the crew explained everything as they went.

Barb Ahrens

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What an amazing job. There aren't enough words to say how much we appreciate Nick, Luis and the crew. The work was beautiful and they left the job site perfect. Thank you so much!

Ken Noffke

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Find Us

Your local exterior waterproofing team for Butler

Basement Foundation Repair, LLC

2128 Easy St
Waukesha, WI 53188

Our crew heads out to Butler from the Waukesha shop.

Phone: +1 (414) 587-3093

Hours: Mon–Fri 7am–7pm · Sat 8am–4pm

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Other basement services in Butler

Foundation Repair in Butler

Structural work comes first on a moving wall. Each crack is cleaned out and packed with hydraulic cement and structural sealant, which shuts off both water and movement at that spot.

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Interior Drain Tile in Butler

Drain tile handles water at the wall-floor joint from inside. We cut the floor along the walls and lay perforated pipe in gravel next to the footing to catch water before it reaches the floor.

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Steel Support Beams

Steel I-beams anchored floor-to-joist that brace a bowing wall and stop it from moving.

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Questions, Answered

Butler exterior waterproofing FAQs

If water is coming through that wall, sealing it from outside is the most thorough fix. The musty smell comes from moisture in the block. Once the wall stays dry, it fades.

Flaking usually comes from water moving through the block and freezing near the surface. It's a sign of moisture, and it can often be fixed before it becomes structural. We'll check whether the wall is moving.

Yes, often just one or two walls. We scope the job to what the house needs. You get a written quote either way.

For exterior work, you usually only need to clear a few feet along the walls we're sealing, so we can check the inside. Most of your storage can stay. We'll tell you what to move.

Yes, financing is available. We'll go over options when we give you the quote.

We do. When the Village of Butler requires a permit for the work, we pull it and handle the inspection.

Sometimes one crack can be sealed from inside. If the wall is damp along its length, digging and sealing the outside is the better fix. We'll tell you which one fits.

Usually a few days from digging to backfill, depending on weather and access. We keep the site covered overnight. The timeline is in your quote.

Soil and water are usually the bigger forces on a basement wall. We look at the crack pattern to see what's driving it. Waterproofing goes on a stable wall either way.

Yes, every wall we waterproof gets the same lifetime transferable warranty. Size of the job doesn't change it.

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Ready to deal with your Butler basement?

Call our family team and we will come out to Butler, look at the problem with you and put an honest, written quote in your hands.

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