AquaStop BasementGutter™ is an interior drainage system that is installed within the perimeter of your basement. Typically, drains are installed on the outer perimeter of a foundation, but this type of outdoor drainage system poses a few problems. First, it is extremely expensive to have drains installed outdoors because it requires heavy excavation. Outdoor drainage […]
Winters in Grand Forks, ND, are long and incredibly cold. When winter is piercing through the city outside and all you want to do is keep warm inside, having cold floors can put a damper on your mood. A cold floor is directly correlated to the insulation of the basement or crawl space below. Without […]
Sump pumps are an important part of any foundation’s waterproofing measures. They collect the water that floods a basement and pump it out. They eliminate the need to clear out a flooded basement yourself. If you have a wet, humid basement and you’re interested in getting a sump pump, then know that it can’t be […]
Hydrostatic pressure causes wall bowing, but not many Grand Forks homeowners notice until the wall is bowing significantly and water is leaking between the wall and floor joint. By then, the walls can only be stabilized and straightened using either wall anchors or wall braces. In the instances in which homeowners do detect wall bowing […]
The Miami black clay loam is spread all throughout Grand Forks, ND. Clay soils are characterized by their ability to retain water. Homes in Grand Forks often have problems with basement wall bowing because of hydrostatic pressure. Hydrostatic pressure is when so much groundwater has accumulated next to the basement wall, the weight causes the […]
Helical piers are steel rods with helix blades welded to the bottom of the shaft. They are designed to provide proper support for a settling foundation. Settling occurs when soil erodes due to shrinking and expanding and the home can no longer rely on the unstable soil layer. The upper layers of the soil are […]
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