Interior Drain Tile for Whitefish Bay homes
A lot of Whitefish Bay homes are Tudors and Colonials from the 1920s and 1930s, still sitting on their original foundations. Many owners have kept the character downstairs too, with knotty pine paneling, old plaster and a rec room that has hosted decades of family parties. When water starts creeping in along the base of those walls, the worry is as much about losing that finish as it is about the damp.
Interior drain tile lets you protect the room and fix the water together. We remove only the bottom section of finish along the affected walls, trench the slab next to the footing, and lay perforated pipe in washed stone. The pipe carries water to a sealed sump crock with a pump and a battery backup. Paneling that can be taken down carefully gets set aside and reinstalled where possible, and we talk through what's salvageable before we start.
Old foundations in the village can have their own quirks, so Nick or Luis will look at the walls for cracks, settling and bowing before recommending drainage. North Shore clay near Lake Michigan holds water well, and spring is usually when these basements show it. You'll get a written quote that spells out what comes off the walls and what goes back. If the Village of Whitefish Bay requires a permit, we pull it.
