Basement Waterproofing Photo Album: Great interior waterproofing in St. Catharines, On.

Jamie in St. Catharines, On needed to waterproof his home. A systems design specialist from Omni Basement Systems put together a solution that includes a patented drain system called WaterGuard and a sealed Sump pump called the SuperSump. To begin, Omni workers opened up a trench around the perimeter of the basement. WaterGuard is then placed in the trench along with gravel for drainage. Then a wall membrane is attached to the wall that is also attached to the WaterGuard. The Wterguard is then drained down to the sump pump system.

Super Sump

The SuperSump is installed and the concrete is restored.

Bench footings

Occasionally a basement has been lowered and this is evident by a footing that sticks out like this. This is called a bench footing. If this is present, exterior waterproofing is no-longer available. IF you dig from the outside, you can not dig past the footing to get to the base of the wall. This would result in undermining the footing and the soil that is supporting the house.