Stillwater Minnesota Waterproofing Projects For Wet Basements And Foundations

Yes even the beautiful city of Stillwater Minnesota needs basement and foundation waterproofing.  Most of the homes around the downtown area are very old with rubble or rock/stone walls.  The walls are fine but the mortar is turning to a sandy grit allowing water to flow through the walls.  The newer neighborhoods might have poured wall basements, cracks and rusted tie-rods allow water to move through the walls, onto the floor before they can even hit the drain tile system.

Rubble and Stone Basement Wall in Stillwater is Leaking Water

Stillwater is one of the oldest cities in Minnesota, it's not uncommon to find homes over 100 years old and back then they typically built them with limestone or large stones from the area.  Limestone, stone, and rubble walls are strong and have lasted a long time but the mortar used to seal between the  stones can start deteriorating, falling off in sand size particles.

Most of these homes never had gutters and the falling water, over time, worked it's way into the home or building.

Using Great Lakes Waterproofing exterior bentonite injections, we are able to seal the outside of the foundation, stopping basement water on the outside.

The photo above shows a very old basement wall, our installers are pumping in this area and the bentonite is flowing through the wall, just like the water did.  Don't be alarmed!  The bentonite will cork up the wall, fill outside voids and stop the water!  We will clean the area and you'll have a dry basement!

Waterproofing Poured Foundation Basement in Stillwater

Stillwater is a great area and there's several newer homes around the downtown area but a lot of these new homes suffer from the same problem, the poured basement walls are put in very fast and care isn't taken to make sure the basements don't leak in the future.

After looking at thousands of basements, we have no preference which type of foundation material is better for long term waterproofing.  Most new homes and buildings are built with very little preventative waterproofing so it's just a matter of time before you have a wet basement.

The above photo show a pretty new home and even though by code it's required to have a drain tile system, it still had water moving through the walls.

Why?  See all the bubbles in the concrete? This shows the contractor didn't vibrate the air out of the concrete slurry, that rusty metal in the middle is a tie-rod, a sacrificial piece of metal used to hold the wood forms in place while pouring the concrete.