Clarke Basement Systems Before & After Photos

We lifted a front and back porch using PolyLevel® Injection to ensure it would slope away from the home and we sealed cracks with NexusPro® Sealant.

A home in Toronto, Ontario had water problems in the entire basement of the house. The house was 100-years-old with a stone foundation. They had groundwater seepage along the walls and hydrostatic pressure forcing water through areas of the thin and unlevelled, broken floor. The homeowner had to have mould remediation. Plans were made to finish the basement, so they wanted to ensure that it stayed dry and mold didn’t reoccur. The customers home office was in that room. He relied heavily on that room for his business, but due to the water, he couldn’t have his equipment in there.

They called Clarke Basement Systems to fix the water problems so they could get their business workspace up and running. Our sales rep; Ron Monk explained to the customer that they would need floor removal and replacement, WaterGuard® Below-Floor Drain, TripleSafe™ Complete Sump Pump System, CleanSpace® Vapour Barrier, IceGuard® Discharge Line System. Dave Jackson, Jose Martinez and the team were prepared to take on this messy job and turn it into a clean, dry work space. The floor replaced provided a sub-floor drainage bed and an adequate three-inch level floor slab. WaterGuard® was installed around the full perimeter of the foundation to collect water and take it to a sump pump ensuring the whole basement stays dry. Cleanspace was put on the walls to reduce relative humidity, ensure wall leaks are drained to the WaterGuard® and protects the finished walls installed on top of it. The TripleSafe™ sump system ensures the basement stays dry all the time with the IceGuard® protecting the home in the event of frozen or blocked discharge lines.

The client was satisfied because the basement is now dry and ready for finishing. They can now renovate that space and use it for their business without worrying about leakage or flooding!

At first glance, the basement in the before picture looks similar to any other basement with tons of random things stored there, but once we were able to inspect the walls, we noticed a crack from one window to the other. It is easier to see in the after picture. 

To stop the foundation wall from bowing in, Clarke Basement Systems installed CarbonArmor® Reinforcing System, which is the same material to reinforce bridges, skyscrapers and bomb shelters. With our CarbonArmor installed, this Burlington homeowner can now rest easy, knowing that the best systems available are supporting his once bowing, basement wall

Using PolyLevel® Injection, we lifted a concrete slab on the grade backyard patio, and with NexusPro® Sealant we sealed the cracks. PolyLevel® ensured that the concrete was stabilized and leveled.