Photo Album: Keep Basement Dry, Nashua, NH

A Nashua, New Hampshire homeowner had purchased their home five years ago. About two years ago, during winter, they noticed water seeping into the basement. They cleaned up water twice that winter and wanted to find a solution to prevent water from entering the basement. The homeowners wanted to make a section into a TV Room/Album Collection Room and needed to do this without water entering the basement. So, they contacted EFS for a free inspection of their basement. Our Design Specialist Bryan Barnard met with the homeowner and examined the basement to prevent water from entering. Bryan recommended installing our TripleSafe Sump Pump, two IceGuards, 30 feet of buried exterior drainage line, and FlexiSpan into the basement to protect the basement from water.   Our installation team, led by Gunther Billhardt, started by chipping out concrete to install the basin for the sump pump. The sump pump has a large basin to accommodate our three pumps, so we had to remove 24 inches of dirt. This allowed the pump cover to lay flush with the basement slab. Our team installed the pumps into the basin and then plumbed the pumps to the exterior of the home. Once outside of the home, we installed our two IceGuards and 30 feet of exterior drainage line. After the sump pump and drainage lines were installed and buried, we mixed up concrete and poured it around the basin of the pump to lock it into place.   Next, the team began installing our FlexiSpan over the crack in the foundation wall. We first covered the crack with the FlexiSpan membrane to prevent water from seeping through the wall and into the basement. We then covered the membrane with a thick adhesive that set hard like concrete. Where the crack meets the floor, our team chipped out a small section of concrete so we could install some drainage. This drain will allow water to flow underneath the home so water cannot enter the basement. After the drain was in place, the team poured concrete around the drain, and the project was complete.   The homeowners were very pleased with the results of the project. They were now able to make their basement into a TV Room/Album Collection Room without worrying about water entering the basement.