Basement Waterproofing in Richmond, MI

Waterproofing in Richmond, from people who work here

Richmond is two housing stocks in one small city. There is a genuinely old core near downtown, with foundations that predate anything resembling modern waterproofing, and then newer subdivisions on the edges built on what was farm ground.

The old ones are the more interesting job. Stone and early block foundations were built to shed water, not to stop it, and many were never sealed on the outside at all — the assumption was that a basement would be damp and that was acceptable. Making one genuinely dry means working from the inside: drain tile at the footing, a sump where none ever existed, and careful repair of a wall that may be irregular, laid with lime mortar, and not at all square. The newer homes on the outskirts are the familiar clay-and-settlement picture instead, with poured walls, settlement cracks, and grading that has sunk since the build. We quote them differently because they are different jobs, and we will tell you which one your house is.

Richmond is six miles from the shop, so it is an easy one for us. We inspect free and give you a written number, whether it is an old stone basement or a fifteen-year-old poured wall.

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