User talk:Bline00

I have had many people come out and try to fix my basement from leaking water. By the way I live in Chicago. For 6 years now I have had water seepage come into my basement. The first company that came out, who I will refrain from naming, told me I needed exterior drain tile. Fair enough, I spent almost $4,000 having their company install am exterior drain tile system. Then next big rain I got water in my basement. I called them back they told me it was from foundation cracks. I forked over another $800 and didn't get any water till next spring. When I did get the seepage I called back the original company and they pretty much told me to get lost. After having multiple companies come out and give me solutions for my water seepage that didn't work I found a company located in Glen Ellyn IL. Basement Waterproofing Corp. came out to my house and identified exactly what was the problem. I had two issues actually. I had a sewerage back up problem and hydrostatic pressure. All in all I had to spend $6,000 to do the basement waterproofing the right way. I was very pleased with Basement Waterproofing Corp. We have had two very heavy rains this year since they came out and did the work and we did not get a drop of water. Basically what they did to waterproof the basement was they had to break out the concrete next to the footings and instal drain tile and a sump pump then they ran drain board up the walls above grade. They also had to instal a overhead sewer system with a special pump. I just wanted to share my experience and solution to hydrostatic pressure! Bline00 (talk) 20:30, 16 August 2012 (UTC)