FREE Estimate Myth

Most waterproofing construction companies will tell you they check where the leak is coming in when they inspect in the basement. In fact they are only verifying the basement penetration source for the water in the basement. This is not the primary water leak source. See our article on the true cause of basement leaks. After their quick inspections, they inform you that you probably have a high water table, or a clay bowl around your house. They may then tell you that hydrostatic pressure is pushing water in your basement. But, they neglect to fully explain what this means and they certainly don’t analyze your house for any evidence these justifications are true. Next, they launch into a pre-prepared sales pitch where they use fear and high-pressure sales tactics to sell you an expensive sub pump and drain tile system. Their FREE estimate was a way to get into your basement and scare you into spending $10,000 to $20,000.

We do not sell anything when we investigate your water leak in the basement. By the time we are investigating the leak in your basement, we have already sold you on our services. The only thing we sell is our investigation service. Our intention after you hire us is to show you the least expensive way to fix the leak in your basement. We can show the DIY basement waterproofing person just what needs to be done, and how it needs to be done to do it right.

Before you get convinced into wasting an extravagant amount of money on an unnecessary sump pump, we would suggest you study all our reasons for NOT getting a sump pump. Our explanation of how sump pumps work will immunize you against slick talking salesman. They want you to buy something that is not necessary and may even be counterproductive to having a dry, damp free basement.

Basement waterproofing for water in basement has led to some inaccurate theories of how water moves underground on its way to get the basement wet. We can help with DIY basement waterproofing by accurately understanding how water is getting into the basement.