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Exterior Waterproofing in Wauwatosa, WI

Older Wauwatosa foundations, sealed and draining again

Exterior waterproofing in Wauwatosa, WI for 1920s to 1950s homes on original foundations. We dig to the footing, seal the wall and lay new weeping tile.

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Exterior Waterproofing for Wauwatosa homes

Many Wauwatosa houses went up between the 1920s and the 1950s, and most still stand on the foundation they were built with. Those walls have done their job a long time, but whatever drainage they started with is usually worn out. Clay tile at the footing collapses or fills with silt, old tar coatings crack, and the soil settles toward the house. Near the Menomonee River the ground stays wetter longer, and that water ends up leaning on the basement wall.

In Tosa a lot of those basements are finished, some of them beautifully, with plaster, built-in shelves and old woodwork. Waterproofing from the outside lets you keep all of it. We excavate along the foundation to the footing, clean off the old coating, repair cracks and failed spots, then apply a liquid waterproof membrane. Dimple board covers the membrane, new weeping tile goes in at the footing in washed gravel, and we backfill with the grade sloping away from the wall.

Older homes deserve a careful look before anyone digs. Nick or Luis will check whether the walls have moved, how the downspouts and grade treat the house, and where water can be sent once it's collected. If a wall needs structural work, we tell you and do that first. Your written quote lists which walls get excavated and what sits in the way. When the City of Wauwatosa requires a permit for the job, we pull it.

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

What's Included

What exterior waterproofing in Wauwatosa includes

Exterior waterproofing on an older Wauwatosa home includes these four pieces of work:

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 Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa. 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 Wauwatosa

Basement Foundation Repair, LLC

2128 Easy St
Waukesha, WI 53188

Our crew heads out to Wauwatosa 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 Wauwatosa

Foundation Repair in Wauwatosa

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 Wauwatosa

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

Wauwatosa exterior waterproofing FAQs

Yes. Old foundations usually leak because the original drainage and coating wore out. New membrane, dimple board and weeping tile give the wall the protection it never really had.

It's built for wet ground. The membrane keeps water off the wall and the new footing tile carries it to your sump. We'll check how your yard drains and where the discharge goes. Surface flooding from the river is a separate problem, and we'll be straight with you about that.

The work happens outside, so your plaster stays where it is. We dig along the foundation and seal the outside face of the wall. Inside, you'll hear us more than see us.

That's old damp-proofing, and after decades it cracks and flakes off. We clean it off and put a liquid membrane on in its place. Dimple board over the top protects it during backfill.

Very often, yes. Clay tile sections shift, crack and fill with silt over the years, and then water has nowhere to go. We replace it with new weeping tile in washed gravel at the footing.

We do. When the City of Wauwatosa requires a permit, we pull it and line up the inspection. You'll just see it in your paperwork.

It's a fair worry. We look for movement and weak spots before the trench opens, and on older walls we excavate in sections when that's the safer move. If the wall needs bracing, that happens first.

Yes. It's much easier to fix the walls while the basement is open and empty. Once the new room is in, you'll want to know those walls are dry.

Right after backfill, you'll have bare soil along the house. We grade it to slope away from the foundation and leave it clean. Grass or plantings go back in once the soil settles.

Yes, financing is available. The full exterior job is the biggest waterproofing project there is, so it's a common question. Ask about it when you get your quote.

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Ready to deal with your Wauwatosa basement?

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

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