Exterior Waterproofing for Elm Grove homes
Elm Grove is a village of mid-century homes set under big trees, and the trees are part of the reason people live here. They are also part of what happens to the basement. Roots pull water from the soil one season and leave it dry and cracked the next, the clay shifts with them, and old footing drainage gets crowded out. Add the low ground along Underwood Creek, and you get Elm Grove basements that stay dry for years and then start weeping along one wall.
Sealing that wall from the outside settles it. We dig along the affected side to the footing, clean and repair the foundation, and apply a liquid waterproof membrane. Dimple board goes over it, new weeping tile is set at the footing in washed gravel, and the soil goes back in graded away from the house. With the wall sealed and the footing draining again, water that used to push its way into the basement gets carried off to the sump.
People here care about their yards, and we plan around that. Before quoting, Nick or Luis walks the lot with you and looks at which trees sit close to the foundation, where the big roots likely run, and what beds, walks and edging are along the trench line. Where a mature tree is too close to dig safely, we'll say so and talk about interior drain tile for that wall. You get a written quote, and when the Village of Elm Grove requires a permit, we pull it.
