Make your Wet Basement Dry
Wet basements are a homeowner’s nightmare. There are few worse feelings than stepping onto your basement carpet or floor and feeling cold wetness instead of dry warmth.
Wet Basement = Lots of Problems A wet basement automatically means you have a number of problems:
- You will need to find a way to get rid of the water
- Carpets, walls, and belongings need to be dried and cleaned
- Your belongings might be damaged or destroyed
- You need to find the source of the moisture and fix it
Unseen Problems = Unseen Damage If there is a silver lining to a flooded basement, at least you know you have wet basement problem. Often, moisture can build up in your basement from a number of unseen sources:
- Slow leaks – cracks in foundation walls will allow water to leak in from outside
- Condensation – warm, moist air comes in contact with cold basement walls and plumbing to form moisture
- Plumbing leaks – aging or faulty plumbing can leak and cause moisture problems
Unseen problems might be worse than known problems because, if the damage they cause is left unchecked, it could become a larger problem:
- Wood rot – damp wood attracts bacteria that feeds on the wood, slowly weakening the wood that supports your walls or floors
- Mold & Mildew – spores are constantly present in the air but are not a real problem unitl they find a nice damp spot to germinate – then they become a health hazard throughout your home
- Wall damage – ongoing leaks in walls slowly make cracks larger
A Warm, Dry Basement Fortunately, you can take steps so that you won’t have to worry about a wet basement again. When you choose the wet basement specialists at Clarke Basement Systems to waterproof your basement, not only will they find the source of your moisture problems, they will offer solutions for preventing it from happening again:
Condensation
- Clarke offers a full line of wall, floor and plumbing insulation systems that eliminate condensation problems
- Wall cracks
- Clarke fixes them permanently with Basement Systems’ patented Flexispan® Wall Crack Repair System
- Ongoing leaks
- Clarke has the solution that is right for your problem, from our WaterGuard piping system and WellDuct window well drainage system to a full range of powerful and effective sump pump systems.
Clarke’s waterproofing professionals fix wet basements in Southern Ontario and the GTA, including: Toronto, North York, Richmond Hill, Mississauga, Scarborough, Etobicoke, Thornhill, Markham, Vaughan, Richmond Hill and Concord.
Contact Clarke Basement Systems today to set up a free site inspection and estimate, take care of your wet basement problem and make sure it doesn’t happen again.
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