Before & After Photos

Many homes across Delmarva have an old pit and a sump pump in the basement. Sometimes it's even just a plastic bucket with several holes drilled in it. DryZone knows that sump pumps are more than just an open hole and a cheap pump. We use high quality Zoeller pumps and the container is sealed at the top. No humidity will come up out of the lid. The lid also keeps the entire unit quiet, most homeowners can't even tell when it's working.

One of the things that the DryZone crew does during a WaterGuard installation is drill weep holes in the concrete blocks. All along the bottom of a block wall the ground water sits in the hollow blocks and slowly seeps out. This is a big reason why basements leak. The WaterGuard system is designed to relieve pressure and keep the water flowing in the pipes rather than all over the basement floor. In addition, there are clean out ports at various spots in the system. These ports allow you to see the inside of the pipe and clean it out if the need arises.

This moldy basement, needs a water vapor barrier and floor drainage system to go behind the walls. CleanSpace isn't only used in the crawlspaces we fix, sometimes if it's necessary we use it on the basement walls. These walls were leaking so bad we had to put up cleanspace to make sure the water goes into the floor drain and then into the sump pump.

If you've gotten a TrenchDrain system (perimeter drain) from DryZone we even make sure that if the drainage is clogged we have a small trap door so we can open it and clean out whatever is stuck in there. This way ensuring that you drain is always collecting water properly and getting it to the Sump Pump.

Look at this before and after of a clogged drain and how easily it is to clean it out if it ever does get clogged.

After you have made sure your basement doesn't flood or have leaking water you still want to continue to use products that are waterproof. Why? Well, what happens if your basement gets a leaky pipe or busted pipe or the sump pump fails? But if you get waterproofing walls and even flooring like this homeowner you won't have to worry about your walls or floors ever getting damaged by water or growing mold. This home got cleanspace on their walls and thermal dry matting tiles. These tiles are a heavy duty plastic and the bottom is design to let water drain underneath of them. Carpet can also be placed on top or you can leave them bare.