Edina and Hopkins Minnesota Waterproofing For Wet Basements And Foundations

Edina Minnesota with it's rolling hills and lush scenery has both newer and older homes. Construction is ongoing, homes with additions are very common and they might have their own wet basement issues.  Great Lakes Waterproofing has worked with several Edina Remodelers and Home Owners stopping water outside of their wet basements.

Hopkins Minnesota has mostly older homes starting from the 1950's and lot's of apartment and condo buildings.  Being close to downtown Minneapolis, this area is very desireable for both young and old families.  After several decades, the basement foundations are starting to age with cracks and holes appearing, allowing water to enter the basement.

Wet Parking Area in Hopkins Minnesota Condo Building

Great Lakes Waterproofing sees this all the time, condo or apartment buildings with wet parking areas, some very old, some are nearly new.

This corner of a Hopkins Minnesota Condo Building has separation of the foundation mortar between the CMU blocks allowing a lot of water down into the parking area.

The black staining is what's left of the original damp proofing asphalt/tar material originally used to waterproof the foundation.  It does not have the ability to self-heal like bentonite does and eventually dries and flakes off the basement walls.

Great Lakes Waterproofing seals these Hopkins MN Foundations up on the outside, for Real Waterproofing.  Stopping water from the exterior with little to minimal work done on the inside.

Edina Minnesota Wet Basement With Wall Crack

Edina Minnesota can have some wet ground conditions which contributes to foundations settling and cracking .

Most Edina Minnesota Waterproofers will ignore the basement water points of entry and install a drain tile system.  Not only is water moving through this crack but also sand, silt and dirt, along with any bugs that can squeeze through.  Over time debris will fill the block cores and stop the water from getting to the sump basket.

Great Lakes Waterproofing seals up outside basement wall cracks, stopping the water and the other things that might also use the cracks to get inside.

Edina Minnesota Wet Basement Wall in Rec Room

This Edina MN Homeowner has a living room on the basement level, the backside of the home is garden level so they can enjoy the outside view.

With a wet basement, it would have been very expensive to go with a new drain tile system for this wet block foundation.  The installed drain tile seemed to be working but it wasn't catching all of the water.

Real Waterproofing starts on the outside, a drain tile system is water-management and did not stop the flow of water through this Edina Minnesota Basement Wall, it just captures it and pumps it right back into the yard.

Exterior bentonite waterproofing injections stopped the flow of water outside this Edina Minnesota Wet Basement.



Edina Minnesota Mold in Wet Basement

Mold and mildew grow just about anywhere but they love moist dark wet basements.

If your basement in Hopkins or Edina Minnesota has similar black wall stains, call the basement waterproofing experts, Great Lakes Waterproofing.

We stop the wet basement water supply which also feeds the mold.

We don't use dimple board or plastic basement wall sheets, these can also contribute to mold growth behind the panels since your not stopping the water.