Plymouth Minnesota Waterproofing Projects For Wet Basements And Foundations

Plymouth Minnesota tends to have above average wet ground conditions and finer sand and dirt particles that can fill drain tile pipes up to the point where they stop moving water.  Guess what happens next? The water starts moving through the wall and into your basement, this water can cause mold, mildew and mushrooms to grow in your wet basement.

Drain-Tile Stopped Working

In Plymouth Wet Basement

This Plymouth wet basement was getting a lot of water, enough to destroy the carpet floor, it needed to be ripped out, but the homeowner also wanted to solve the wet basement issue.

The light-grey area is where a drain-tile system with sump pump was installed for water management.  This was intalled in the last few years, after the home was built.  The dark line is glue but to the left is the seam where new concrete was installed next to the wet basement wall. 

This drain-tile system was leaking above the floor, the water never made it to the drain-tile pipe under the floor.  For this customer, Real Waterproofing from Great Lakes Waterproofing was the answer, stopping water before it moves through the basement foundation using exterior bentonite injections

Mold, Mildew and Mushrooms

In Plymouth Wet Basement

Another Plymouth wet basement had just been remodeled, the drain-tile system was not working for water that was flowing above the basement floor. 

This is a pretty nasty situation, this home had just enough water leakage to create this area of mold, mildew and some fungus.

In most cases we would recommend a professional come in and remove these areas and treat with any products to help this from never happening again.  Of course they would recommend exterior basement waterproofing to stop the "food supply in this wet basement.

This home was waterproofed outside, interior waterproofing would have meant ripping out a lot of dryway, carpeting and trim, and then cutting the concrete floor to install an underfloor drainage system.  Real Waterproofing allowed this customer to fix this small area without having to fix the entire basement at a fraction of the cost.