In May, Badger Basement Systems held a contest open to anyone who sustained damage to a basement as a result of last summer’s record floods. There were many entries in the contest, but the Smiths received the most nominations due to the severity of the damage to their home, as well as their active involvement and volunteering in the community. Staff from Badger surprised the couple at their Fort Atkinson home with balloons and presented them with the free basement renovation.

Neighbors wrote in nominating the couple explaining that the flooding in the basement was so severe, pumps couldn’t keep up. Water from the ground was seeping in through the walls of the 100-year-old house. They had to stop pumping out water or the walls would collapse from the pressure. Within a few hours they had 42 inches of water in the basement and they were forced to evacuate the house for a couple of weeks. Although neighbors pitched in to help out, the basement was still ruined.

With a crew of eight Badger staff members, construction began the morning of August 28. They installed a 145-foot perimeter system with some Trench Drains, a SuperSump sump pump, and a buried discharge. The crew started at 8 a.m. and finished cleaning up at 2:30 p.m. After going through the harrowing ordeal of a flooded basement, the Smiths were extremely happy that their basement was fixed again and that Badger was able to finish in just one day.

Badger Basement Systems, the basement waterproofing contractor in Milwaukee and Madison, WI and surrounding areas has had a lot of rain and their company, prepared for these events from their more than 30 years of experience, is ready, handling emergencies and drying wet basements.

East of Badger is Sure-Dry Basement Systems, the wet basement contractor in Green Bay, WI and surrounding areas. Sure-Dry has been the local Basement Systems dealer for 14 years, and really know waterproofing.

Complete Basement Systems of Minnesota is another local basement waterproofer in St. Paul, MN and Minneapolis, MN and surrounding areas, including Mankato, that has their machine up and running.

Just north of these three Basement Systems dealers is Northern States Basement Systems, the local waterproofing contractor in Duluth, MN and northern Wisconsin. Northern States is one of the first Basement Systems dealers since 1991, and owners Dwight and Nancy Gruetzmacher are well-known in their area.

Expect all of these dealers to be busy. With the amount of referrals they get when it rains from home owners with existing systems, Real Estate agents, and Home Inspectors, they really help a lot of people. So although they may not be able to get out to your house for a couple days or even a week, it’s worth the wait to work with the best.