When New Canadian Drain & Plumbing gets called in to do relatively small wet basement repairs, or to inspect and diagnose the cause of a damp basement, clients usually have a lot of questions for us. One of the questions we always get is this: should we consider waterproofing our basement? Is it …
Waterproofing
Waterproofing and The Four Stages of Water Problem
For many homeowners that we talk to about leaky basements, the stages they go through can be summed up as: "Well, the leak is not too bad right now. We can wait to get it fixed." "Um, okay, now we have standing water." "Our basement is flooded! Help!" If any of those sound like your …
Understanding The Do’s and Dont’s of Basement Waterproofing
There is an old adage that "you get what you pay for." This applies to many things in your life, from buying clothes over the Internet that you never had a chance to try on, to generic shaving cream from the dollar store that has the same consistency as water, to frozen steaks from the back of a …