Before & After Photos

The home was having issues with water getting into the basement, which was causing the homeowner a lot of headaches. One of the main places that the water was getting into the basement from was the door leading into the basement. This is a pretty common issue that homeowners have and we often have to put a TrenchDrain in front of the doors, which is exactly what the case was with this basement.

In the "before" picture you can see the open door where a lot of the water was getting into the basement. The door wasn't getting a proper seal, and since it was below the ground level, the water was easily getting into the basement. While there were other areas in the basement with water intrusion issues, this one was the most severe and caused the most problems during heavy rains.

The "after" photo showed how we were able to help out with the problem. Although it may look like we only put a small drain in, we actually did more than that and it's harder to notice if you weren't paying attention to the first photo. Our crew actually took out that last concrete step and graded the yard in front of the door. That by itself is a pretty significant improvement because now the water doesn't have a path to run directly to the door to pour down on it. The other thing we did though was the TrenchDrain. This drain goes right in front of the door so that any water that does actually get into the basement is immediately caught and drains to the sump pump.

When it comes to your crawlspace, protecting it from moister is very important. In this home the crawlspace was taking on large amounts of moister. Not only was moister the problem, but the crawlspace was littered with debris, trash, and an old liner.  To solve this problem, our All-Dry of the Carolinas team encapsulated the entire crawlspace.

As you can see in the before picture, the crawlspace floor is covered with dirt and it looks as if the opening in the wall might be a challenger to wrap in CleanSpace. But it is obvious in the after picture that wrapping that area wasn’t a problem for our All-Dry of the Carolinas Team!

Time after time, these homeowners tried a number of solutions to their water problem. No matter the solution, this water issue just wouldn’t abate. Just like what you see here in the “before” photo, water would spill from the walls and then dry against the floor. Once it dried fully, this is what you would see.

Now, the “after” photo shows what we’ve done to actually fix this problem. Here, along the wall, we’ve installed WaterGuard. WaterGuard is the perfect piping system that actually disappears into the floor. We lift the cement floors, install the drain system and then recover it with cement.

The owners of this Martin, Georgia basement was more than relieved to see the solution work perfectly.

This is yet another home with a basement with a roll up garage door in Martin, GA that had water seeping into it. This is another prime example of hydrostatic pressure forcing water through the walls of basements. The homeowner this property called us at All-Dry of the Carolinas where we sent out our system design specialist, Johnathan Geddie  to check out the problem. Once Jonathan got to the home he saw that water had been seeping through the walls of the basement. This basement needed a combination of WaterGuard, BrightWall, a UltraSump and a SuperSump pump to take care of their problem. The WaterGuard is connected to the SuperSump pump so any water can be drained into it. The sump pump will flush the water out once it reaches a certain spot. When the sump pump flushes the water, it goes through a piping system and through the LawnScape outlet where the water flows into the yard away from the home.

One problem that a lot of homes have in common, is the lack of proper crawlspace entrance. Almost all homes that we visit have some kind of entrance or cover, but they usually are not as good as they should be. Many of the doors that we see have holes in them, cracks around the door, and many other issues. The integrity of the door is extremely important to the health of the crawlspace.

This was the case for this home in Waynesville, North Carolina. As you can see, the yard around the entrance creates a great funnel leading to the entrance. This was a nightmare for the homeowner when it would rain, because the water would just pool around and seep into the crawlspace. This homeowner got more work done inside the crawlspace, which was another reason that this entrance solution was a necessity.

Our solution was this beautiful crawlspace entrance, it almost looks like something out of a Science-Fiction movie! As you can see, the entrance was attached to the home, and then the area around it was backfilled. This was a great solution to this homeowner's problem of the water pooling around the entrance. This also makes getting into the crawlspace much easier and safer. The most important part of this product is that it keeps water and water vapor from getting into the crawlspace, which will significantly decrease the relative humidity level in the crawlspace.