Okay so a few months ago a person from Ohio State Waterproofing came to our house to offer to look at our basement and give a free estimate. We had had some problems with leaks but thought really nothing of it. Most basements leak around here. So we let him in and boy were we in for a surprise! I don't really feel like boring everyone with all the details and lots of boring pictures which we have, but here are a few mostly for family to see. The previous homeowner had freshly painted the walls white and patched up a lot of problems then told us he knew of no water damage or leaks in the basement. We said great. With in a few months the walls were turning yellow and we were getting small puddles. This one below is one of the many yellow spots with a hole where water was getting out. 
Another big hole hid behind some shelving.
You cant really see it but there are lots of bugs on the ground and somewhat molding around spots on the floor, pretty gross!
So they came in and dug all round the basement, look at all the water! Then they put pipe in to gather the water and get it to the sump pump (below picture). The workers told us there was a lot of water below the floor. In the sump pump is water that was gathering while they were working. We even saw places where we could see water running down, so there's quite a flow under the floor. We are just glad that it is fixed with a life time warranty on the basement. Sorry I didn't put any pictures of the finished product on here I'm sure you are already bored by now. They covered the pipe with gravel and then poured cement over the top. They also did work outside with waterproofing it, so lets hope this is the end of our home owning trouble, well at least with this house. I have to give it credit the house is pretty nice for being built in 1920.
Another big hole hid behind some shelving. 
You cant really see it but there are lots of bugs on the ground and somewhat molding around spots on the floor, pretty gross!
So they came in and dug all round the basement, look at all the water! Then they put pipe in to gather the water and get it to the sump pump (below picture). The workers told us there was a lot of water below the floor. In the sump pump is water that was gathering while they were working. We even saw places where we could see water running down, so there's quite a flow under the floor. We are just glad that it is fixed with a life time warranty on the basement. Sorry I didn't put any pictures of the finished product on here I'm sure you are already bored by now. They covered the pipe with gravel and then poured cement over the top. They also did work outside with waterproofing it, so lets hope this is the end of our home owning trouble, well at least with this house. I have to give it credit the house is pretty nice for being built in 1920. 
2 comments:
thanks for putting on these pictures, man what a job, did they clean up all the mess? what about the outside of the house did they dig in there? good luck with all that love ya
That stinks! Did you have to pay for all of it? Probably since you own the house! Bummer, I guess at least it's fixed now and you fixed it before it got super bad!
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