The only possible cause of water leakage/intrusion will be among four possible sources in a solid poured cement/concrete foundation. 1) A vertical wall crack running down the wall will typically run full height from bottom to top and throughout the entire thickness of the 10-12 inch wall. 2) A horizontal separation at the bottom of any perimeter wall where the wall and floor meet over the footing known as the key-way, existing most typically or commonly below each vertical wall crack in the form of an upside down T-shape, or even independently by itself. This water leak source along the bottom of a wall where the wall meets the floor, horizontally, is most always sadly mistaken for the need for a french drain trench-drainage system. In a solid cement poured concrete foundation the worst and most incorrect, (wrong), method or approach taken is a french drain trench because this method does not fix anything, it does not stop the water intrusion, it will cause or require breaking the internal side of the footing which will in-turn compromise the structural integrity of the entire foundation, and you will only be redirecting the water leakage some where else as well as increasing the volume of water intrusion. (3+4) The last two possible sources of water leaks would be a a hole from a gas or electric utility line or pipe or a basement window and/or its frame.

One and Only One Solution : Structural engineered Liquid epoxy made for concrete and properly injected. Liquid structural epoxy is not a vanilla single product commonly sold in stores or trade supply distributor locations. Urethane and foam epoxies are cheap imitations and are not structural so don’t be fooled by some generic offering of any epoxy! We at B.Altmans Waterproofing are the only local residential waterproofer that injects the proper engineered structural liquid epoxy costing us 5X the cost of what all others use and still resold to our clients for the same price or less than what our competitors charge for inferior product/methods! This proprietary epoxy composition is unknown and unavailable to our uneducated, untrained, non regulated segment of the residential waterproofing industry. Our public record has demonstrated how we never fail. We always win & stop all water leakage intrusions while structurally repairing the foundation in which your house rests upon!!!

For homes or buildings that have foundation basements made of concrete block, or older homes made of stone or brick, (versus solid poured concrete), instead of a common French drain trench we engineer and install a much more advanced Vented Deck Drainage System over a Perimeter Pressure Relief System designed to depressurize and dry the perimeter foundation basement walls without compromising its structural integrity.