Before & After Photos

Trench Lock can be a great addition to a basement waterproofing system.  Installed at the doorway, it can catch water coming in from outside and deliver it through the Water Guard system to a sump pump in a basement.  

Homeowners in Mineral, VA wanted their crawl space to be sealed, dry, and healthy. The 3 Pros Basement Systems Team installed our CleanSpace System on the ground and SilverGlo insulation on the walls with spray foam at the rim joists. This crawl space is now a dry, energy efficient, useable space. 

A homeowner in Herndon, VA wanted to reduce the chances of mold and humidity in their crawl space area. This crawl space was vented, like most homes in our area, and the vents let warm humid air in which is cooled by the subterranean crawl space. This causes relative humidity to go way up and condensation to form all over the crawl space surfaces including floor joists and ducts. Then mold can grow, wood will rot, and musty odors can appear. To address this, the 3 Pros team sealed up the vents and a dimpled plastic drainage matting is installed on the floor to create a thermal break. A heavy duty liner, CleanSpace, is installed across the floor over the matting and up the walls. Finally closed cell spray foam is installed on the walls to the top of the rim joist. 

When our team arrived to this job, the crawl space was in bad shape. Fiberglass batt insulation was falling off the ceilings/walls due to being so heavy with moisture. Not only was this making the insulation completely ineffective, it also was a breeding ground for pests and mold. To fix this situation and make the customer's home healthier, we removed the dirty insulation, installed drainage matting and CleanSpace Wallie to encapsulate the crawl space, and applied spray foam insulation to the walls and joists.

The SmartDrain System is a crawl space drain that includes a bottomless liner and an airtight lid. If a plumbing failure occurs, this system will drain the water beneath your vapor barrier, preventing it from collecting in the space.

The SmartDrain is installed within a drywell created during the installation. A fill of clean drainage stone is used around to isolate the drain from the dirt to prevent clogging.

Our system features a unique ball-and-cup drain system. When water enters the cup, the ball floats and opens the drain -- sealing again when no water remains. When the system detects water, a unique WaterWatch Alarm will sound off, alerting you of an issue.

Here, you can see a drywell being created in a Bumpass, VA crawl space. The SmartDrain is then placed in the hole and backfilled with drainage stone.