Good Night Irene

In the aftermath of any natural disaster there is a lot of clean up to be done. Over the last 4 years Northern Virginia Barrier Waterproofing Systems has done a lot of estimates. After Irene came through on Sunday, many Virginians will have need for the services of a waterproofing company. Sadly there will be a lot of opportunists who will decide to become waterproofers and their rates will be very high because demand will be greater than what reliable companies can do on their own. 

NVBWS can assure our customers that we will do several things:

1.) We will stand by all estimates we have provided in the past.

2.) All new estimates that we do will be bid using the exact formulas we have used for all other customers; nothing will be added as a result of the scale of this disaster.

3.) All work will be scheduled based on the same policy we have always had: after we have a signed contract and collected deposit, in the order received.

4.) Our work will be guaranteed for 25 years on all surfaces we treat.

5.) All estimates remain free to residential customers and commercial customers in most cases, but we reserve the right to charge commercial accounts for complicated time consuming competitive bids.

NVBWS was established to provide services to our neighbors in most of VA (all the area affected by this storm from Virginia Beach to Winchester VA) who want a safe, dry and healthy basement or crawl space; not to take advantage of our neighbors during a crisis.

We can only do so much at one time, and therefore, scheduling for an event like this may mean significant wait times, but once completed will not need to be done again for at least 25 years.

NVBWS works closely with water cleanup, mold remediation and restoration contractors, so you can call for assistance with those services, but remember they will also be very busy for the next few weeks to months with this cleanup.

It is our sincere hope that all our neighbors have remained safe and physically unharmed by this storm. We stand by with our group of contractors ready to help repair property damage and preventing future damage water damage.  It going to be a long good bye to this storm, but for now, Good Night Irene.

NVBWS.com

Northern VA: 703-866-0535

Northwestern VA: 540-974-2755

Southeastern VA: 804-859-2544

The cost of saving money!

I know without a doubt that budgets are tighter for everyone these days, and bargain hunting has changed from sport to survival.

Even In my contracting business I am finding daily that I have to explain the prices I must charge.  Some customers decide on the “do it myself” route and try to save the labor and overhead costs that I have to charge.  I also must make a profit to stay in business, and customers want to save that profit amount also.

Customers often take weeks and months to do a job that we could knock out in days.  That is understandable… they are not usually contractors.  When finished, the result sometimes is not anything like I could have done for them, and IF I had done that job they would have reported me to the contractor’s board or Better Business Bureau.  In addition, work may have been completed without proper permits and inspections and is not completed per the building code.  So the ultimate question is: did they save money?

Let me tell you 3 short stories from my personal experiences just this week: 

# 1)        I was in the county permit office, waiting for a plan approval for a deck modification to add stairs to a customer’s deck.  It was my 3^rd trip there for this project.  While waiting, I heard a man talking about a $1,300 dollar fine he had to pay for building a deck on his house and then having to tear it down even after paying the fine.  He complained that the deck would have cost him five times the fine to have a contractor do it right.  Now he has to do what he didn’t do… find a contractor to build it right.  In total he lost the money he spent on the deck materials, his time spent building it, the fine for building it wrong, his time for tearing it down, and any expenses for hauling the mess away. 

#2)         While still at the permit office I received a call from a customer I had not talked to in 2 or more years.  He was experiencing electrical issues at his home.  I went to his house the next day.  He had been experiencing intermittent power at several wall sockets, so he went to Home Depot and bought 5 wall sockets to replace the suspect ones.  This only made the problems worse.  He now had the same problems plus the lights in his foyer quit working along with the porch lights.               

My tests showed that he had reversed the polarity in one socket.  After that was fixed the problem persisted even though it was now correctly wired.  I then spent 2 hours pulling out every plug and light switch and fixture on the circuit checking for proper wiring.  Everything at first seemed OK, but then I noticed that on one of the sockets he had replaced, some of the wire was not properly stripped, causing an open circuit neutral wire at that location, but a reversed neutral at the previous plugs.  Once the wires were stripped correctly, reinstalled and tested, the sockets and all the lights worked perfectly.

The problem created by doing it himself could have resulted in a fire or his electrocution.  Either of these would have been costly or unfortunate.  He should have called a qualified person to test his circuits and fix the problems correctly in the first place.

#3)         I have a friend in the contracting business that has a large successful company and does a lot of high end deck and patio jobs.  He bid a job for an extravagant deck and patio on a very nice home.  The price he quoted was over $100k.  The homeowner wanted a better deal but was told the price was the price and my friend would not change it.  The homeowner sought other bids and got one for $40k less than my friend’s bid.  The homeowner asked him to match the low bid or at least come down because he trusted my friend to do a good job.

Contractors know that it is very difficult for customers to see the inferred difference in the cost of time and materials and the actual cost of the job for the contractor.  This customer was told that there was no way that the contractor who gave that low bid could do the job for that low price, but he decided to go with the low bidder.

Now the home has been severely damaged and lawyers have been hired.  The cost to repair the damage to the home may not even compare to the loss of funds, the new grading plan and EPA fines for the improper handling of the soils removed to start the patio…not to mention the destruction of the landscape.  As it now stands, the money spent to remedy the damage will be about equal to what he could have had the whole job completed for with the right contractor.  And after the damage is repaired he still will not have a deck and patio.

There is a whole series of shows on HGTV that cover how one contractor makes his living fixing other peoples’ jobs that were not completed correctly.  Keep in mind that he has a lot of corporate sponsors who put up a lot of money to pay to have these problems fixed on TV.  In real life you have no sponsors, so you must find a contractor you can trust, and you have to pay for the materials and effort to make it right.

In my one day examples, a do-it-yourselfer got fined and had to pay to get his mistake fixed.  Another one put his family and other members of his condo building in danger and had to have a professional fix what he did not know about.  Finally, a bargain hunter experienced a disaster that will be in court possibly for years.  In each of these cases a trusted contractor was known and available, but the cost was in their minds too much.  I advise customers regularly that they are better off waiting and saving their money until they can afford to have it done right, rather than trying to save money by doing jobs cheaply using half measures.  As in the 1^st and 3^rd cases, sometimes you lose a lot more than what you thought you were saving by doing it yourself or getting a “bargain”.

Call us at HPR or NVBWS if you have a need for a remodeling contractor or basement waterproofer you can trust.  If the job is too big or something we don’t do, I can recommend other trusted contractors to do your job right.

- Rick Steeby, Owner
Home and Property Resolutions
Nova Barrier Waterproofing Systems

Waterproofing Methods

I’ve recently spent a considerable amount of time reading other websites and blogs about waterproofing and always find so many different perspectives. It’s funny to me how some “professionals” can get into arguing matches about which method is the best. Some of these folks write their piece and use such an authoritative tone and spout off all these credentials, yet they are still dead wrong. I’m going to discuss some of the points brought up in these blogs and explain what I know about waterproofing that might dispel some of the myths.

One thing I hear most often is (and it is great advice)… to keep water from leaking into your basement you need to clean your gutters, make sure they are draining away from the house, and make sure your soil is graded properly so that water doesn’t puddle up near the house. All of that is true; it’s a good idea to check these things regularly. However, these acts alone are not what will keep your basement from leaking. One excerpt I read stated, “I have cleaned my gutters, repaired any leaks in them and built my soil up so that it was sloping more away from my house. I can honestly say it’s been 2 weeks and my walls are currently not seeping and it has been raining. Great tips!” I am so glad for this guy that he’s not seeing the water come into his basement now. Unfortunately, if he had water leaking in before, that means there is a hole or crack in the basement wall that allowed the water to get inside in the first place. Chances are pretty good that it won’t be long before water finds its way back to that same area and starts leaking again. It’s just a matter of time.

Another approach I know of being used quite a bit is not even considered waterproofing. One company I know of (I’ll call them Mid-Pacific so as not to give any names away) is a firm believer in the interior methods. I recently arrived at a home In Richmond only to be greeted at the door by one of their salesmen who was leaving. Later, the lady that owned the home told me what this guy specifically said about his work, “What we’re doing is not waterproofing; it is what we call water management”.  It brought joy to my heart to hear such a true statement from this representative. For years people have thought of the interior methods as waterproofing when, in fact, it is nothing at all like waterproofing. The homeowner then told me that she was really concerned because the salesman had said they would be cutting back 15 inches around the perimeter of the interior walls which included cutting back hardwood floors, carpet, and anything else in the way. When I spoke to her about the proper way to waterproof her house my description included digging down to the footer along a section of wall where their sunroom was. She told me that the salesman told her NOBODY would dig under it and for anyone to dig along that wall they would have to remove the sunroom from the house. I couldn’t believe my ears. The sunroom is about 2 feet off of the ground and the depth of the dirt down to the footer is less than 6 feet on the top end and around 4 feet at the low end. The sunroom is probably about 12 feet wide. It can be done easily. I digress… interior methods simply hide the water and channel the water away after it has entered your home; they manage the water instead of stopping it.

Another highly mentioned approach was the use of sump pumps. Many homes have them these days and most new homes are built with sump pumps in them. I can agree that there is a purpose and need for sump pumps. However, what I can’t agree on is how some folks recommend sump pumps to solve every type of water intrusion issue. The main problem I have with sump pumps is that they can fail. They are mechanical and they rely on electricity to work properly. If the pump fails or the power goes out you have a hole in your floor where the pump sits and nothing to stop the water from coming in this hole. Sump pumps are used when the interior methods are installed so the water can be pumped outside after it has entered your home. Like I said earlier, sump pumps can be used sometimes but generally will not solve your water intrusion issues… only cover them up.

I’m going to read through some other site’s information over the next few days and try to see what other conflicts they might be putting into people’s minds. I’ll do my best to offer a logical explanation as to why any given treatment will or will not work and why. In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me at Jon@NVBWS.com or check out our website at www.NVBWS.com . Thanks and have a dry day!

The common sense of homeownership series: Waterproofing in Virginia

Most homeowners find water in the basement running out of the walls or flowing across the floor and panic sets in, but usually not surprise.  It’s not a surprise because it was a problem during the last rainy season, or even the one before.   They have called the water clean up professionals, or the more resourceful homeowners have cleaned it up themselves, fighting the flow sometimes for 24 hours or more, trying to not lose anything else to water damage.

Some of the veterans have battle plans and contingencies because it has become routine.  Some have sump pumps with battery backups, dehumidifiers and turbo fans.  Some have spent small fortunes having their basements jack hammered up, the walls injected and covered with dimpled plastic. None of which solves the problem or provides peace of mind; because when those methods fail, the warrantees only cover the materials that didn’t work, but you still end up getting charged for the labor to replace what didn’t work.

Common sense would tell you that if the water gets into the walls, then your house isn’t waterproof.  If you think of your house as a house boat and the basement as the hull, would you accept putting another pump in as the best means of stopping a leak?  If your house boat sits high and dry at low tide, would you doubt that the next time the tide came in it would leak?  If you paint the inside of your boat with waterproof paint, would it stop a leak?  If you put a plug on the hole inside the boat, is the leak really fixed?

If you had a house boat you would take it out of the water, then find the hole and patch it on the outside, where it would have some chance of working long term.  By that logic, you have to conclude that the only way to make your basement waterproof is from the outside.  The next thing you have to consider is using something that will work.  I only know of one product that was designed for exterior application on a basement wall that has been previously buried in the ground.  That product is Barrier-P Membrane^TM and is exclusively sold by licensed distributors.  NVBWS is licensed for most of Virginia.

The next thing to know is that if you overload the boat, the bottom will begin to break.  If we put Barrier-P Membrane ^TM on your walls making them waterproof, but didn’t find somewhere for the water to go, pressure would build until it cracked open the walls and they would eventually collapse from the pressure.  The Barrier Dual Drainage Waterproofing System ^TM is our means to make sure that water pressure is no longer added to the weight of the dirt against the wall by providing a path to take the water away below the floor level of the basement.

You would think that our method would be true waterproofing because common sense says so, and you would be right.  So what is everything else being sold as waterproofing?  It is one of two things, water management or fraud.  I want to caution you on one other quick fix that could result in disaster.  If your walls are leaking and someone wants to inject a chemical designed to turn into a waterproof gel in the ground outside your basement walls, that gel adds considerable pressure to a wall under a lot of strain that could cause a foundation failure, and might cost triple in repairs to have it done correctly.  Our recent experience has shown us that repairing a broken wall can add 20 to 30 thousand dollars to a basement waterproofing job.

At NVBWS we do basement waterproofing. It isn’t easy, but it is done right.  Look at what we do and common sense will tell you we do it right. www.NVBWS.com.  NoVa Barrier Waterproofing Systems LLC,

Rain, rain go away!

With all the rain falling in Northern Virginia lately, this is a phrase we’ve been hearing and seeing frequently. Many people are complaining of wet basements; even two DJs on local radio stations announced their water intrusion problems on the air this week. Today happens to be one of the first sunny days we’ve seen in a while, but with all the recent rainfall, the ground is still saturated and water is still seeping through cracked foundation walls. Our phones are ringing off the hook with people calling us to solve their wet basement issues!

We just finished a big project in Burke, VA on a home with a cracked foundation wall, and now we’re moving on to our next job in Winchester, VA. This week alone we have talked to homeowners with wet basements in Charlottesville, Luray, Berryville, Front Royal and Lorton Virginia. Since we are the only authorized licensee of the Barrier Dual Drainage Waterproofing System(TM) serving 47 counties in Northern, Northwestern and Southeastern VA, providing a 25-year guarantee that treated walls will remain dry, it’s no wonder that we’re so busy! We have a proven, proprietary system that works and homeowners with wet basements all over Virginia are calling us to make their wet basements dry.

Interior waterproofing systems only treat the symptoms temporarily. Our exterior waterproofing systems prevents water from even entering your home; keeping your home dry… guaranteed! For more information and to schedule a free, no obligation estimate, please visit our website at www.nvbws.com or call us at (703) 866-0535 in Northern VA, (540) 974-2755 in the Winchester/Front Royal area or (804) 859-2544 in the Richmond and Southeastern VA areas.

Proper Waterproofing Methods

I was recently watching a popular home repair TV show, and I generally tend to agree with the host’s methods of home repairs. However, I was extremely shocked at this one particular episode and his method of waterproofing a basement! His solution to keep the basement dry was to actually bring water into the house, and then pump it out with a sump pump. Not only that, the sump pump drained right next to the house, where water will easily accumulate and be brought back into the house again.

This method of waterproofing is like putting a bucket under your leaky roof to catch the water. When your roof leaks, you want to repair the roof to prevent water from entering your home altogether, don’t you?

Your goal with a wet basement should be to prevent water from entering your home… period. Why would you want to purposely bring water into your home to have to be pumped out? How do you think this method will work during a storm that knocks out your power? If your power fails and your sump pump doesn’t work, you are going to end up with a flooded basement!

At NVBWS we make wet basements and crawl spaces dry by stopping the water from entering your home with our proprietary waterproofing product and EXTERIOR waterproofing system. Learn more about how this system is the only method guaranteed to solve your water intrusion problem.

True Waterproofing

Waterproofing is the method of absolutely preventing water from entering a basement or crawlspace, and must be done from the exterior of the structure. Interior drainage systems should not be confused with waterproofing. Sealing a wall on the inside alone traps water within the wall and actually speeds up the deterioration of the wall. Exterior waterproofing entails digging to the footer, replacing footer drain tiles and applying a waterproof seal on the foundation. The important difference is in the materials used to waterproof the walls. Many companies are using the same sealant that was being used twenty years ago… tar. Applying tar is not waterproofing, it is damp proofing. Tar cannot expand and bridge future cracking. Very quickly tar loses its elasticity and cracks. With the seal compromised, the whole process of dampness leading to water penetration and structural deterioration begins anew. Waterproofing must also be accompanied by proper pressure relief foundation drainage or it is destined to fail, and not all foundation drainage systems are equal, especially interior systems. Give us a call and we can explain the differences in the systems available today and leave you with a clear understanding of what is best for you.

For more information on why exterior waterproofing is the only solution, please visit www.nvbws.com. If you have a waterproofing need, please contact NoVa Barrier Waterproofing Systems at 703-866-0535.

Snow, ice and rain

Winter weather in Virginia is usually a mixture of snow, ice, and rain depending on where you are located in the state and where the weather front passes through. Here in the DC Metro area we have seen all three in the past few weeks. With nearly 8” of precipitation during the last week of January and with what is expected to come this spring the ground is becoming over-saturated. Water from summer storms quickly run off into storm drains and some of it is soaked up into trees and bushes around the house. But now, trees and bushes are dormant and the slowly melting snow will act as a sponge. The water will soak directly into the soil around your home instead of draining away. Here at NVBWS, late winter and early spring are traditionally our busiest seasons because with water on the floor and in your walls, the dampness and cold are most noticeable. Mid-to-late spring and summer to early fall is when we receive calls about the musty smells and mold growing on the walls, furniture, boxes, and drapes in the basement and around the house.

Water not properly dispersed and kept out of your home is the most damaging element to your home after fire. Fire damage is obvious with the smoke, flames, and heat and is a sure sign your home is in need of repair. Water on the other hand can be much more difficult to detect.

We did a little research online and are appalled at the misinformation that is put out by laymen on this subject. First off, damage to your home is not just restricted to the concrete… but let’s begin there. Water will normally pass through most concrete. Basements are built to be like dams but… dams are very thick and built out of super dense, high-strength concrete. Basement walls, however, are not so thick and the amount of water and the speed of travel is much faster through standard concrete block than through specially built dams. One of the properties of water is that it will travel through porous materials from the wet to the dry side. Another is that water will follow gravity and will always flow downhill. If the ground outside your basement wall is saturated and you do not have a proper seal on your wall, even with proper grading and other drainage fixes, water can and will migrate into to your basement by any path available.

You are probably familiar with Air Wick scent bottles. Concrete will wick water the same way in which the scent dispensers wick the sweet-smelling liquid in the bottom of the bottle. And, water will evaporate the same way into your basement; you may never see a drop of water but your basement walls will feel moist, the air will feel damp, and the air will smell musty. What are the dampness, odor and musty smell telling you? You feel dampness because the humidity is high, caused by the evaporation into the air. The odor is from mold and mildew spores growing in cracks and crevices, on wood products and on other porous materials. Mold needs 3 things to grow: high humidity, an organic food source (materials in your home) and air. You cannot eliminate the house and the air but, depriving it of the high humidity will prevent mold growth.

The last item to discuss is the white powder seen on saturated concrete. This is known as efflorescence. Think of that powder as powdered glue used to make concrete. That isn’t the exact description of it, but it is one of the items that make concrete harden. As the water travels through the concrete, it picks up small amounts of calcium chloride, which it deposits on the outside of the concrete as the water evaporates. Does the appearance of white powder mean your wall is about to fail? No. The white powder is a symptom like a fever. Having a fever doesn’t mean you are going to die, but a bad enough fever might. White powder is a sign that your walls are losing strength and becoming brittle. A properly waterproofed wall can last almost indefinitely, so….

Look us up on the web at NVBWS.com, email us at info@NVBWS.com or Call 703-866-0535 to learn about the exclusive Barrier Dual Drainage Waterproofing System^TM with Barrier P Membrane,^TM a product only available through licensees of DR Inc. of the US.  NVBWS is the licensed distributor for these products from Winchester to Norfolk along the I-66 and I-95 corridors in VA.  If you are outside that area, feel free to contact us to locate a distributor near you.  If you are interested in becoming a distributor, we would be happy to tell you about our experiences and put you in contact with DR Inc. of the US.

Waterproofing and the Bottom Line

Obviously I am in the waterproofing business to make a profit and pay my bills, but I am also here to help my neighbors and the friends I haven’t met yet.  Businesses are all about the bottom line, but so is home ownership.  Many of us saw the value of our homes tumble, and homes we thought we would be in for only a few years before trading up are looking more like the home our kids will remember living in their entire childhood.

We have found that the option of moving to a larger home is not possible, and maintaining the value or improving the value of our current home is the new bottom line.  That space in the basement is no longer just reserved for storage of the stuff you forgot you owned and will later throw away because of the mildew smell, the mold and the rot.

Now you need the space for a TV room, playroom, bedroom or other living space; and a cold, damp, unhealthy basement with a makeover is just like putting lipstick on a pig.  Now it is a nice new looking cold, damp, unhealthy basement with good lighting.  It adds little to the value of your home and provides places for mold to grow and rot to happen where you cannot see it.

Let’s compare your basement to your roof. If you want to use your attic space, but it’s cold and wet, you would repair the leaks in the roof.  Well your basement is no different.  Before you build that room in the basement you have to address where that cold, musty, damp feeling comes from.

On your roof you have some form of wood sheeting.  Wood is strong and supports the weight of snow or wind and keeps it from falling in, but it is not any good at stopping water. It actually soaks up water, and water will ruin it in no time. So we cover the plywood with felt paper, which helps to keep the water and dust off the plywood; but it is not very durable, so we cover that with shingles or metal that is more waterproof and much more durable.

If your roof leaks you have it fixed. You wouldn’t dream of having a roof repair person go into the attic to install a bucket, a dehumidifier, a pump and some pipe to run the water back onto the roof.  Understand that the walls of your basement are a lot like the plywood of your roof.  The concrete is there to keep the dirt around it from crushing the walls, but concrete like plywood, absorbs water and that water damages the walls and makes the home unhealthy.

When the home was new, the contractor likely was required to put something on the walls to meet code restrictions to damp proof the walls.  Unfortunately that damp proofing is about like the felt paper on the roof and not very durable. After 2 to 5 years, homes have lost much, if not all, of the value of the damp proofing. You often begin to see dark splotches and stains on the walls, the basement walls feel cool and the basement feels damp and smells musty, but there is no water on the floor.

How can that be?  Well the walls feel cool and looked stained because the water is soaking through the walls and evaporating into the room, making the humidity higher and dropping the temperature.  That creates ideal conditions for growing mold, which makes your basement smell musty and makes the air unhealthy.  Most homes with central air and heat have their units in the basements, and the bad air in the basement is pumped throughout the home.

As I stated above, the damp proofing is not durable enough to keep the water out, but the answer is not to put a dehumidifier in the basement.  That only acts as a straw, sucking more and more water through the walls.  Just like the plywood that water ruins, the strength of the concrete and the stains you see on the walls are from the minerals the water is taking out of the concrete as it passes through.  That makes your walls more brittle and more susceptible to water passing through.

Once the water begins to puddle on the floor, the solution most often used is putting in a sump pump.  Now, if you wouldn’t put in a sump pump in the attic, why would you put in one in your basement?  The way to fix both is on the outside. A roof may only need one section repaired, or the entire old roof may need to be replaced, and the same with basements. Sometimes the entire basement needs waterproofed, sometimes the problem is just in a small area, but the repair has to do several things.

If you put a swimming pool on your house, the weight of the water would crush the house.  That is why we have slanted roofs and gutters, so that the water has someplace to go. Your basement is a dam, keeping the water out of your house. If it is completely waterproofed, the pressure can build up to where it can begin to crush the walls.  So like the slant on the roof and the gutters, we have to provide somewhere for that water to go.

Hail can damage a roof, as can rocks, roots and debris left in back fill, so you need an extra durable layer like the sand in shingles to protect against penetration by hard object.  There is a waterproofing system that was engineered for homes with leaky basements that does all the things we talked about.

#1 it is done on the outside of the walls, where it must be in order to protect the strength and health of your home.

#2 it is durable and guaranteed to last until the kids graduate from college; 25 years, transferable if you sell your home.

#3 it has two separate drain systems to ensure pressure doesn’t build up on the outside wall, and

#4 there is a barrier between the waterproofing and the hard objects that can put holes through it.

And an added bonus there is added insulation make your home warmer and more efficient.

Our bottom line only works when we have protected your bottom line, and a house with a wet basement sells for much less than one with a warm, dry basement.

Look us up on the web at NVBWS.com, email us at info@NVBWS.com or Call 703-866-0535 to learn about the exclusive Barrier Dual Drainage Waterproofing System^TM with Barrier P Membrane,^TM a product only available through licensees of DR Inc. of the US.  NVBWS is the licensed distributor for these products from Winchester to Norfolk along the I-66 and I-95 corridors in VA.  If you are outside that area, feel free to contact us to locate a distributor near you.  If you are interested in becoming a distributor, we would be happy to tell you about our experiences and put you in contact with DR Inc. of the US.

Needs and Wants

You WANT to remodel your kitchen because the appliances are old and the tile is bright green.

You NEED to remodel your kitchen because the appliances are broken and the tile is cracked and loose.

You WANT to redesign your landscaping because the bushes are getting too big and you want fresh plants.

You NEED to redesign your landscaping because a tree has fallen and all of your bushes have died.

You WANT to re-shingle your roof because the house is getting old and you see some loose pieces.

You NEED to re-shingle your roof because half of your shingles are laying in the neighbor’s yard.

Nobody ever calls and says they WANT to have us come out and work on waterproofing their basement just because. It’s always a NEED and usually an immediate need. Sometimes folks decide to put off making the repairs because they don’t see the importance of it and don’t see the problems that could be caused by water intrusion if left alone. Nobody WANTS to spend money on basement waterproofing because the finished product is not something you can see, like a bathroom remodel or new carpet would be. Basement waterproofing is an absolute necessity and needs to be repaired to avoid further problems such as structural decay, mold, etc.

For more information on why exterior waterproofing is the only solution, please visit www.nvbws.com. If you have a waterproofing need, please contact NoVa Barrier Waterproofing Systems at 703-866-0535.