Cove Joint Seepage
This is the area where the wall and floor meet inside of the basement. Whenever there is a weak seal here, it is only a matter of time before moisture from the soil outside is able to get in and cause damage. Rising and falling water tables caused from droughts and excessive rainfall can put a lot of pressure on this seal, and eventually, it can cause it to break.
Some contractors will recommend re-sealing this area to take care of the moisture intrusion. However, at St. Louis Basement Pros, we realize that this is not an effective way to go about taking care of the problem. Sealing this area will only cause the pressure from the earth to build up elsewhere, and this can cause a variety of other problems, including leaning or bowed walls.
Basement Problems
Testimonials
Basement waterproofing, leaky basement issue
This is Vincent in Chesterfield and I wanted to say “thanks” for making peace in our household. For the past 5 years I have been putting all kinds of short term bandaids on our water intrusion issue in the basement….we finally went ahead and install the drain tile and sump as your team recommended.
After all this time I finally have no worries when I hear it starting to rain. Just this past week our rain gauge showed almost 3″ in about 5 hours – not a drop of water in the basement or crawl space.
Excellent work and again thank you….
Basement Waterproofing
We live in a house with a full basement that was built in 1915. The house has three full stories. We had noticed a new plaster crack in the second story and wanted to be sure the foundation was stable. The representative came, looked at the foundation and basement, and pointed out a few things we could do ourselves to keep the foundation area dryer. He also told us that the plaster crack was caused by settling from the weight of the house on the support beams in the basement (not basement walls). He explained what they could do to improve the support system in the basement and gave us a quote if we wanted to do the work, but was honest enough to tell us that the house was very stable in its present condition, which is what we really wanted to know.
Floor Drain
Great! Price was right, but more importantly the intellectual capital behind the price was even better. Identified the problems and provided cost effective solutions behind it. Craftsmanship outstanding.
