Before & After Photos

This Windsor, Illinois basement had experienced massive amounts of water leaks and needed a solution to prevent water damage. Team Woods installed BrightWall panels to clean and protected the leaky walls. These panels are water-resistant which means that they won't produce mold. Along with the BrightWall panels, a WaterGuard drainage system was installed in the footing of the basement to collect the water leaks and direct it to the sump pump to be pumped out of the basement. 

This home in Albers, IL. had a section of the home that sat over a basement and a section of the home that sat over a crawlspace. Both of these areas can present unique challenges for waterproofing a home. 

The crawlspace had a dirt floor that allowed water vapor to rise up into the underside of the home where it could weaken the wooden floor joists and feed mold throughout the home. The basement walls had cracks that allowed water to leak in through the wall where it could collect on the floor and cause damage or evaporate into the air and make the basement feel damp and uncomfortable. 

To fix this, foreman Jose L. started by encapsulating the crawlspace with CleanSpace™ liner. CleanSpace™ is a super durable and mold resistant waterproofing liner that covers the floor and most of the walls of the crawlspace to prevent any water or water vapor from entering the area. With CleanSpace™ installed, the crawlspace would be kept dry and protected from potential water leaks that come from below ground.

Woods Basement Systems encapsulates an Illinois homeowner's crawl space with a CleanSpace vapor barrier, a SmartSump Pump and a SaniDry dehumidification unit. The CleanSpace vapor barrier is a durable liner with a factory sealed seam, which ensures zero moisture penetration. The CleanSpace vapor barrier includes brown dimpled sheeting that allows any water to migrate quicker to the SmartSump pump. The SmartSump Pump comes with a radon approved floor drain and a water alarm that will sound if there were ever a water leak. Lastly the SaniDry dehumidification unit will pull the moisture out of the air and drain directly to the SmartSump.

Water was coming down the walls of a basement in Strasburg, IL, and mold was growing on them. To solve this issue, the CleanSpace Basement Wall System was installed. This will prevent water vapor from permeating the basement walls. The white color will also brighten the basement, reflecting the light. Any wall leaks will also be drained down to the WaterGuard System. These drainage pipes intercept water at the perimeter of the basement and drain it toward the sump pump system. This system has a design that will drain any wall seepage without allowing dirt and debris from the floor to enter and clog the pipes. This basement will now remain dry and clean for years to come thanks to these systems!

If you are draining a window well to the interior sump pump it needs to have:

A) Clog free path

B) Capacity

C) Powerful sump pumps

D) Battery Backup sump pump

In this Effingham, Illinois basement, we installed our WellDuct® basement window well drain that combined with our TripleSafe® sump pump system and WaterGuard® basement waterproofing system can take care of A - D!