Waterproofing in Des Moines, IA
Basement Waterproofing
Keeping groundwater and rainwater out of the basement through drains, a sump pump, crack sealing or an exterior membrane.
🛠️Interior Drain Tile
A perforated pipe set in gravel beneath the floor along the walls, collecting water and sending it to a sump pit.
🏗️Exterior Basement Waterproofing
Digging to the footing outside the house to clean the wall, apply a membrane and replace the footing drain.
🌊Wet Basement Repair
Diagnosing and fixing a basement that takes on water, from simple drainage corrections to full drain systems.
⚙️Sump Pump Installation
A new sump pit, pump and discharge line, usually paired with drain tile or added where water collects.
🔄Sump Pump Replacement
Swapping a worn or failed pump in the existing pit, often with a check valve and float switch upgrade.
🔋Battery Backup Sump Pump
A second pump that runs on a battery when the power fails or the main pump cannot keep up.
❄️Sump Discharge Line & Freeze Protection
Rerouting, burying or protecting the pipe that carries sump water away, so it does not freeze or flow back toward the house.
🏠Downspouts, Grading & Yard Drainage
Moving roof water and surface water away from the foundation, the first and cheapest step against a wet basement.
🪨French Drain Installation
A gravel trench with perforated pipe that intercepts groundwater or surface water and carries it away.
⚡Foundation Crack Repair
Sealing leaking or widening cracks in poured concrete walls with epoxy or polyurethane injection.
🏛️Foundation Repair
Stabilizing walls and footings that crack, settle or move, from wall bracing to piers under the footing.
🧱Bowing Basement Wall Repair
Stopping block or poured walls that lean or bow inward from soil pressure, before they need rebuilding.
⚓Wall Anchors
Steel plates buried in stable soil outside, connected by rods to plates inside, holding a bowing wall in place.
🧵Carbon Fiber Wall Straps
High-strength straps epoxied to the inside of a wall to stop further inward movement, with no outside digging.
🔩Piers & Underpinning
Steel piers driven or screwed down to firm soil to support a settling footing and lift it where possible.
🏗️Basement Wall Rebuild
Excavating and replacing a failed section of block or poured wall when bracing is no longer enough.
🏡Crawl Space Encapsulation
Sealing a crawl space with a heavy liner, closed vents and humidity control to keep it dry and clean.
🌬️Basement Dehumidifier
A ducted or high-capacity dehumidifier that keeps basement humidity in check after the water problem is fixed.
☢️Radon Mitigation
A sub-slab suction system with a fan and vent pipe that draws soil gas from under the basement floor and releases it above the roof.
🧪Radon Testing
Short-term or continuous radon measurement in the lowest lived-in level of the home, before or after mitigation.
🪟Egress Window Installation
Cutting a larger window opening in the basement wall with a code-size well, for escape, light and finished space.
🚰Backwater Valve & Sewer Backup
A valve on the sewer line that closes when the public sewer backs up, keeping sewage out of the basement.