Water Drainage

There’s a whole list of things that can lead to your foundation leaking. It could be anything from improper back-filling to as simple as your downspouts not drawing far enough away from your foundation. A leaking foundation is a major issue and needs to be treated as one. Your crawlspace holding water increases the chances or settling and cracking your foundation and other problems such as damage to piers and sub flooring and can create enough moisture to grow mold and compromise your air quality. Our solution for leaky crawlspace is to basically install a industry created French drainage system inside the crawlspace. While exterior French drains work they let exposed to lots of debris like leaves, sticks, clay, etc. that will clog them and send the water straight to your foundation and under your house. By placing the drainage system under the house we’re able to use the foundation as a filter for the drain. A trench if dug out around the footer and a corrugated pipe with a filter sleeve is placed in the trench that will catch and divert the water to a sump pump basin in a low point of the crawlspace which is then discharged out and away from the home.

While your foundation may not leak at the moment, eventually water may find its way in. If you have downspouts that do not drain away from your foundation, it will slowly seep into the ground which could leach to your foundation or cause bad settling of your home. At North Georgia Waterproofing we address all of these issues - from extending and burying down spouts to trenching and installing catch basins and drainage pipes, and even installing drains in concrete - all of these are simple and proven to be very affective for your home and property.