Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Waterproofing a basement before finishing it in Saint-Colomban

Humid walls and mold growth is a sign that water and water vapor is seeping into your basement. Water in a basement is very harmful to the structure of your home and your health, and makes your home lose value. To solve this customer's water problem in Saint-Colomban, we installed a complete waterproofing system including 25 feet of WaterGuard interior drain, a TripleSafe sump pump system which is the best sump pump system in the market, a CleanSpace vapor barrier and IceGuard accessory for to prevent water from freezing.

Efflorescence in a basement in Saint-Colomban

Efflorescence which is the white powder seen in this picture, can arise very soon after exposure to moist or cool conditions, especially when it comes from within the concrete.

Old sump pump installed

Most old sump pumps are not efficient enough, and they don’t have lids, which lets all the moisture out.

An unhealthy area in Saint-Colomban

This room had lots of humidity and it was not healthy to live in.

TripleSafe pump installed in Saint-Colomban

The TripleSafe sump pump system offers the greatest protection available: Three pumps act in response to the three most common troubles that homeowners experience when waterproofing systems fail to keep basement dry.

The battery backup

The battery operated sump pump uses a specially-designed battery which was designed to be able to withstand long periods of not being used, and it will act as the backup pump to your primary pump in case of a mechanical failure, or if the power happens to go out.

Interior drain installed in Saint-Colomban

Our interior drain system the ‘WaterGuard’ effectively captures wall and floor seepage before it reaches your basement floor. When WaterGuard is installed together with our TripleSafe sump pump system, your basement has complete protection. Water enters the system via inlet holes and flows through the drainage pipe to the TripleSafe or another sump pump.

CleanSpace membrane installed in Saint-colomban

This wall covering forces all wall seepage and moisture to flow into your perimeter drain system. The white poly surface eliminates the need to paint basement walls, providing a bright, stain-resistant finish that never needs repainting or maintenance.