With rainfall volumes on the rise, and the municipality’s sewer infrastructure more and more under siege, waterproofing your basement is the best way to tackle flooding at its source, keeping your basement dry.
Anyone who owns a home understands the high level of financial and emotional investment involved. A home isn’t just a structure on a street, a physical roof over your head. It’s a safe place that protects you from the storm, both figuratively and literally. It’s where you raise your family. It’s where more and more of us work at our daily jobs.
Foundations that leak cause severe damage to your home’s foundation – whether you live in an older home or a newer one. If your basement is leaking now, don’t wait – get it repaired.
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There are many reasons why your basement leaks – soil around the foundation of the home is looser, and water collects there faster, putting more pressure on the foundations. Water tables rise during major rainstorms or during spring time snow melts, creating hydrostatic pressure on your cement floor, leading to cracks and leaks. A drainage system around the window wells blocked with leaves and debris can lead to basement flooding through the basement window.
Window wells are one of the main causes of water leaks in to the basement. If your Toronto home has this issue you should contact a waterproofing professional
Window wells are a weak spot in the foundation, and are susceptible to cracking which can cause them to leak.
Older foundations are generally built with cinder blocks and this is fine until they age. As the wall ages then the mortar between the blocks tends to loosen or crack which allows water to enter the basement.
Sump pumps have many benefits when installed correctly, but they can also cause problems if they are not installed correctly, or they fail due to either age or just bad quality, there are many good Sump pump systems that will last the test of time, and also there are many backup and warning systems that can be installed.
A drain that is backing up is a big issue and should be addressed immediately, you could have a root issue or even a broken sewer pipe that could be letting raw sewage enter your basement.
If you are seeing water rise from any drain in the basement then is it time to call in the professionals.
A crack in a concrete slab could mean a few things, but the most common is hydrostatic pressure, which is a build up of water pressure under your slab trying to escape and eventually will push up and crack the slab, but also a crack may be less sinister, and it could just be shrinkage. Watch out for a white powder around the cracks which is the tell tale for hydrostatic pressure.
Weeping tiles are an important part of protecting your home from water entering your basement.
If a weeping tile becomes clogged or broken then water pressure will build up and enter into your basement either through the base of the wall or through cracks in the floor.
This is the most common issue when it comes to concrete foundations. Your concrete foundation is similar to a swimming pool in reverse.
If you have a crack and water hits it then it will leak.
Crack concrete foundations should be addressed ASAP.
This type of leak may be caused by a few things, one is that the weeping tile has failed, and another is that there is a crack in your cinder block foundation and water is entering into the hollow blocks and showing up at the base of the footer.
A professional will be able to find the cause of your leak.
The exterior solution costs anywhere between $90 and $600 per foot, depending on factors like accessibility, the depth needed to excavate, and the space between houses, and if it’s a commercial and residential property. Interior? This costs anywhere from $65 to $125 per foot – determining factors are concrete thickness, height of the basement, amount of footage, and accessibility.
The average cost to finish a basement is around $50,000. That is why in this scenario it is very important to have your basement waterproofed prior to spending this kind of money. It would likely cost an additional $25,000 to repair a basement that has suffered major flood damage.
Condensation and erosion of the drain pipes can cause them to burst.
Contact Canada Waterproofers Uxbridge so we can come by to do an assessment on the home, and see if there are leakage issues. Everyone knows the financial cost and emotional trauma associated with water leaks, flooding, lost family possessions. Water can damage timber, concrete, bricks. It can lead to serious structural damage to the home.
The cost of a waterproofing solution by Canada Waterproofers Uxbridge is far less than the cost of repairing your home and making it livable and safe after a flood.
We offer both exterior and interior waterproofing solutions. Exterior is more expensive, but it’s more comprehensive, and it’s the one we always recommend to clients. Interior waterproofing is more of an effective system that re-directs water away from your basement, keeping it dry.
Exterior Waterproofing is an effective way of protecting your foundation from leaking, premature deterioration, foundation heaving, or cracking
