Eagan Minnesota Waterproofing For Wet Basements And Foundations

Eagan MN is one of our favorite places, some of our waterproofing installers have run the lacrosse fields and played hockey down there.  The ground conditions are mostly hilly, lots of trees, mostly normal ground with dirt and sand but sometimes on the sloped ground we run into rocky conditions.  A lot of the larger homes are newer but there's some pockets of old Eagan with homes from the 1950's and 1960's.

Wet Basement in Eagan MN

Age of home:  Approximately 1990's

Interior Drain Tile:  Yes

Foundation:  CMU block

Type of basement:  Walk out on the back

Wet basement issues: water is seen during rain storms, area is finished, drain tile works.

This typical Eagan Home has a finished walk out basement, they have a bone dry sump pump basket and they still have water on the carpeting.  For some reason the water is missing the drain tile completely and moving through the wet basements wall straight to the carpeting.  The wall to the right is the back of the garage.

For us this is a common issue, water moves down to the garage frost-footing which is around 48" down, then it heads towards the homes basement finding any crack or hole that will let it in.

We only needed to fix this area, no need to replace an existing drain tile system that didn't see water or put up dimple board on the basement walls, we did waterproofing the rite-way, and we only had to work in this small area.

Eagan MN Wet Basement Room under garage

Age of home:  Approximately Early 1970's

Interior Drain Tile: No

Foundation: CMU block

Type of basement: Full depth basement

Wet basement issues: water is seen during rain storms, wet basement is under garage.

Great Lakes Waterproofing works on a lot of garages, some are huge some are just right for a homeowner.  Sometimes basement rooms under garages have water issues, it's an issue with the way they seal it after placing the spancrete garage floor.

In this photo we're doing exterior waterproofing using all-natural bentonite blended for waterproofing.  We fill the voids and water pathways stopping water before it can move through the wet basement walls.

Personally we wouldn't quote drain tile for this area (we do a little bit of every waterproofing method).  Taking out part of the basement floor for this wet wall would mean losing part of the structural strength holding the bottom of the wall.  With a driveway and concrete ceiling, this wall takes a lot of stress.