Cambridge Waterproofing
Foundation Waterproofing, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Your foundation bears a significant amount of weight. Shifting soil, bad building techniques, and other issues can all harm your foundation. What is the problem? Allow the qualified personnel at Cambridge Waterproofing to handle it. Our Cambridge waterproofing firm restores basement foundations across Middlesex County and Greater Boston. We'll help you keep water out of your basement, crawl space, or slab foundation and preserve your area from harm.
Because every property in Cambridge is unique, there is no one explanation for why damage could occur to your foundation and what concerns will be resolved with basement structural repair. But, more often than not, the issue is caused by hydrostatic pressure.
In layman's terms, hydrostatic pressure is the force of water pressing on your foundation. Because soil can hold a lot of water, the combination of soil and water creates a tremendous force that can harm your foundation and foundation walls. While you can't escape hydrostatic pressure in your basement, our experts in Cambridge, Massachusetts, can help minimize flooding and water damage with appropriate French drain installation or another basement waterproofing solution.
Other sources of foundation degradation include tree roots that have developed and entered your foundation or construction faults that have deteriorated over time. The temptation may affect you to do the basement foundation repair work yourself, but there are better options than this.
Water Erosion Causes Foundation Damage
External soil pressure on the walls or uneven soil settlement beneath the foundation can harm your foundation. Water erosion is another major cause of foundation difficulties. Water creeps into the dirt around your foundation when it rains. The hydrostatic pressure (water pressing outwards) against your foundation walls grows as the earth fills with water. Water seeps through your basement walls due to hydrostatic pressure, which wets your basement and erodes the poured concrete, mortar between stones, or blocks walls of your foundation over time.
Water erosion damage to your basement wall might eventually grow severe enough that you must call a Cambridge foundation repair firm to repair it. In severe circumstances, you may need to rebuild your foundation wall. While you can wait until the situation becomes severe enough to justify structural repair, hiring Cambridge Waterproofing to build a basement waterproofing system that manages basement water, prevents erosion damage, and keeps your foundation secure is a better alternative.
We specialize in basement foundation repair that is as little invasive as possible.
Unlike some Cambridge foundation repair firms, we design individualized structural repair programs. We may offer a variety of remedies depending on the type of crack and the level of damage. We frequently offer Carbon fiber reinforcement, a basement foundation repair solution if your foundation walls are buckling. We use this approach to install fiber strips to relieve the strain on your foundation walls. The substance in the fiber strips is more vital than steel and avoids future structural damage to your walls. You can paint these strips to match your basement walls, and they lie flat against the wall. Best of all, the installation is quick and a little intrusive, making it an excellent long-term investment in foundation protection.
Suppose the walls of your home have bent considerably (usually more than two inches). In that case, we'll use steel I-beams to stabilize them and keep them from bending in the future. When used with other goods, these beams may force the wall back another way, re-straightening it. Our structural repair options are minimally intrusive, extremely effective, and engineered to blend in with your completed basement. During a free, in-home consultation, we'll advise you on the best technique based on how much your walls have bent.
Cambridge Waterproofing
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 398-4167
