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Your damp or wet basement can cause more than just a headache; these issues can create bigger problems like mold, mildew, rot, structural damage, and a variety of health problems. If you’ve noticed any of the symptoms below, you might have a serious basement waterproofing problem.
If water is collecting in flat areas or the soil is staying saturated in some spots, it may be surface depressions causing the problem. These depressions allow water to puddle, creating a mess. A swale could be helpful, or certain portions could be filled in and graded so that the water drains out of the low spot and away from the home. If this doesn’t work, an underground catch basin or drain may be necessary.
If you notice that your lawn is muddy in one spot and dry in the next, it could be the type of soil that is causing drainage problems. There are three basic soil types: sand, silt and clay. If your soil is heavy in clay, it won’t drain very well. If it’s sandy, it will let water slip right through. If it is sandy right against your home, the water will run down the sides of your foundation causing wet areas in the walls to your basement.
The best trick is to dig a small hole, fill it with water and watch how it drains. If it takes 12-24 hours to drain, you have a problem. (It should only take about 4 hours.) Improve your soil with a coarse aggregate like sand or pea gravel and organic matter.
Walls tend to lean away from the building as the foundation settles. Lifting the foundation during repair tends to push the walls up and further out of plumb. Accurate, controllable horizontal movement to push the walls back to plumb has long been a goal of foundation repair.
The new Horizontal Recovery Wall Jacks, invented and patented by Clay Trotter, provide as much force (up to 15 tons or more) as needed to gently realign the brick veneer, block, stone or virtually any type of wall. This is especially desirable for brick veneer because the original bricks are saved and little, if any, masonry work is needed.
This break-through, state-of-the-art technology is only available at Trotter Company!