Burnsville Minnesota Wet Basement and Foundation Waterproofing

Burnsville Minnesota has hilly ground conditions allowing for a lot of ground water flow, over time basement foundations will settle and crack allowing water into the foundation if the water is not directed away.  If you have a wet basement or foundation walk around the building and look for cracks similar to the photos below, these will go from the floor to the ceiling and can allow for a lot of water to flow through.

Burnsville MN Townhouse with a Very Wet Basement

Unfortunately Great Lakes Waterproofing sees a lot of these issues south of the St. Paul/Minneapolis Metro Area.  A lot of townhouses were built on very soggy ground.  Over time basement foundations sag a fraction of an inch, just enough to develop small cracks and allow a lot of water to flow into the wet basements.

This Burnsville MN Townhouse is a common design with five units built next to each other.  Several townhouses were leaking and as you can see, there was a lot of water even though they all had a drain-tile sump basket system.

These have a few issues, gutters were not installed when the townhouses were built, some owners did add them but water was falling into the rock landscaping and had no way to get over the plastic edging, creating a moot and severe pushing on the basement foundation when freeze/thaw was present.

Over time the hollow basement walls fill with sand and dirt that's in the water, this cuts off the flow to the drain tile system and sump basket.  Notice how high on the wall the water stains are?

Burnsville MN Factory

Foundation Waterproofing

Factory and industrial managers, call Great Lakes Waterproofing for your exterior foundation waterproofing using all-natural bentonite, we typically work on the exterior stopping water before it moves through the foundation.

Great Lakes Waterproofing sees buildings like this all the time, the grade extends several feet above the wet basement floor.  Not only would a drain-tile sump system be very expensive but the factory would need to shut down the area that's getting worked on which might not be an option.

Over winter the heat tape in this downspout stopped working, freezing water will not flow away but fills the nooks and voids near the foundation.  With the freeze/thaw cycle this acts as a wedge, creating cracks and holes in your basement wall allowing water to flow through and even more damage.

Exterior bentonite injections from Great Lakes Waterproofing is an easy solution for these problems.  Our equipment is staged outside so we rarely interfere with any work or employees.

Burnsville MN

Wet Basement Waterproofing

We call this basement wall crack a "stair-step" crack and they are very common in block walls.  Just a fraction of an inch of settling will cause these hair line cracks at the mortar joints.

They don't look like much but when water is present around the foundation, it will push through at a large rate making your basement wet.

Most of the time, these basement wall cracks will go from floor to ceiling and look the same on the inside of the wet basement.

This customer had a drain tile sump system but it was bone dry and looked like it never had turned on.  No need to replace the drain tile system, this customer went with exterior bentonite injections sealing off this area from more water flowing through the basement wall for Real Waterproofing!

Call today for a free estimate from Great Lakes Waterproofing, we don't believe in the hard sell and can make the process go quickly.  Prices are usually done right away and we give you time to make the right decision.