Photo Album: Waterproofing lowered basement in Hamilton, On
Alexandra has an older house in Hamilton, On where the original basement has been lowered. The challenge with this is the owner can no longer dig from outside because you never want to dig lower than the original footings. Any professional waterproofing company should know this. Omni Basement Systems installed an interior drain systems with a SuperSump sump pump. For the city of Hamilton, Omni installed Delta MS as the membrane. The Discharge is cleverly hidden under the floor and up and out through the corner. On the outside, to prevent frozen discharge line, Omni installed the patented IceGuard to prevent freezing.
Trench is opened up
For the interior waterproofing system, a trench is opened up in the floor and a drainage system is installed under the floor.
Sump liner
The Sump liner is set in place and the drainage system is connected to the liner to drain the system.
Floor is restored
Floor is restored back to original height. Notice the hidden discharge line coming up from under the floor.
SuperSump
The SuperSump pumping system system is installed. This features the incredible Zoeller M53 cast iton pump
Discharge with IceGuard.
The exterior discharge line is installed with the patented IceGuard. The Iceguard prevents freezing during sold weather