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Water Problems? When a home is built, a hole was excavated into virgin soil to accommodate the basement. The ground never "forgets" this hole, so when the ground becomes saturated, water will always seek to fill this hole. This creates pressure around your walls and floor that allows for seepage at any cracks or joints. This water pressure will occur during Minnesota´s prolonged heavy rains despite your best efforts to keep ground water away from your home. Waterproofing is not about keeping water away from your basement, but rather is making your basement dry regardless of the amount of water around it. Three Types of Leaks Locating where water is entering your home is key to choosing the appropriate solution, whether you live in Minneapolis, Rochester, northern Iowa or western Wisconsin. So mark the source whenever the seepage is active. Through the walls: The most common basement leak is due to seepage through wall cracks. These cracks will continue to deteriorate and will eventually leak, and this seepage will get worse over time. Other possible wall leaks are tie rod ends, honeycombed concrete and pipe penetrations.
French Drains, designed with a PVC pipe that is perforated, are installed around the perimeter of a foundation. Water then drains to either a sump pump, or more rarely into a gravity drain. French drains do fail, when they get clogged with dirt and mud. Water then begins to build up, and a previously dry basement is suddenly a wet basement. Complete Basement Systems of MN has replaced many clogged French drains throughout the area including Minneapolis, Burnsville, Willmar and Eau Claire. Let Complete Basement Systems of MN install a state of the art WaterGuard, available only through Basement Systems dealers. The patented WaterGuard system is designed to meet the challenges of keeping your basement dry permanently. WaterGuard is a piping system engineered specifically to solve basement water problems effectively without worry of clogging from soils under the floor. It has large holes in the back to accept water and a flange with special segments.
The WaterGuard system intercepts water at the perimeter of your basement and drains it safely away! WaterGuard, along with other Basement Systems products, will keep your basement clean and dry so you can use the space for storage, recreational purposes, or to finish for additional living space.
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Basements are imperfect concrete structures built in soils that vary from northern Iowa to southern Minnesota and even western Wisconsin. Water in the soils leaking into basements is a problem that has troubled homeowners for over 100 years. This water will enter the basement through the walls, floors, and joints between them. Over the years, contractors and engineers have developed a wide variety of methods to keep basements dry. Some of these methods are more effective than others.
The patented WaterGuard system has a design that separates it from the soil under your floor so it will never clog. It also has special wall flange that creates a neat space between the floor and the wall to drain any wall seepage without allowing dirt and debris from the floor to enter. The WaterGuard system is applicable to all types of foundations including block poured concrete, stone, etc.
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