Advanced Basement Systems Before & After Photos

The home was built with block walls, a poured concrete floor with a round sump pit. The pit included a pedestal sump pump and no lid to seal it. Over time the walls developed seepage as shown and the basement felt damp.

Advanced Basement Systems installed their Water Guard basement drainage with a vapour barrier to take care of the water vapour on the walls. The owner elected to use the existing sump pit with a new pump, sealed lid and battery back-up from us. The sump is now sealed as it should be, so the basement will have a chance to dry out!

If you have an old sump system and would like to upgrade, give Advanced Basement Systems a call.

Before:

Radon Gas is an invisible, odorless, radioactive gas in soil and rocks as uranium decays overtime. When it decomposes it will travel through the dirt and seek any openings in the lower levels of the home. An open sump pit along with the underground tile running into the pit are very easy ways for the gas to enter the basement.

After:

Advanced Basement Systems installed one of their pump systems to seal the open pit and of course installed a radon mitigation fan and pipe with the project. The system can be designed incorporating surrounding obstacles in the home.

Get your home tested for Radon Gas levels and contact Advanced Basement Systems if the results are above safe levels. Call to find out more!

All homes in Canada have Radon Gas in them. The concentration levels vary from one house to another even if they are similar design. Radon Gas will move through the soil and escape outside or into a home through any opening it can find that touches the ground.

Advanced Basement Systems will work with your existing home and design a system that will mitigate the higher concentration levels of Radon Gas.

Get your home tested and call Advanced Basement Systems if mitigation is required. We service London, Chatham, Windsor, Sarnia and all areas nearby. We will give you a safe home.

Crawl space construction has changed over the years. Previously it was considered important to allow venting into the space from the exterior, insulation between the floor joists and a gravel base for drainage should water seep in.

New building techniques have shown a completely closed area with insulation along the walls and into the header provides a much better result. Humidity does not build up under the first floor and the area will stay warmer allowing the heating systems to work less.

In the case shown, the crawl space was clean and clutter-free but was not complete. It had outside vents into the area, rigid foam insulation along the exterior walls- but not into the headers- and a gravel base.

Advanced Basement Systems was called to update the area and improve the conditions. Encapsulation was completed with Clean Space, closed-cell spray foam was installed for insulation including into the headers, and the vents closed off.

The home now has a warm dry space which will improve the living areas above. Advanced Basement Systems provides home owners in London, Chatham, Windsor, Sarnia and surrounding areas complete free inspections to update outdated and troublesome crawl spaces.

Contact us if you want to improve your home.

Challenge: Access doors or open vents in a crawl space is one of the areas where the outside environment enters and affects an entire home. 

Solution: A sealed crawl space access is one of the many things we do when encapsulating a crawl space. We also installed a well for improved access and drainage.