Service Area · Cambridge
Basement Waterproofing in Cambridge
Wet basement repair for Cambridge: Galt, Preston, Hespeler and the newer subdivisions along the 401 and Franklin Boulevard.
Cambridge is built where the Speed River meets the Grand, and a large share of its wet basements are about those two rivers. Galt's century houses on both banks sit on stone foundations in the floodplain, with the water table close under the floor and no weeping tile, and the lower streets have been under the river more than once in living memory. Water comes through the stone joints and up through the floor, and the practical answer is an interior drainage system with a full-height membrane on the stone, a sump with a battery backup, and grading and downspouts sorted outside; exterior work is possible where the lot allows the dig. Preston and Hespeler have post-war bungalows on concrete block in the heavy clay along the Speed and toward the Grand, with fifty-year-old tile and saturated walls, and those get the same exterior or interior treatment as Kitchener's block subdivisions depending on the driveway and the deck. In the older parts of all three, weeping tile tied into the sanitary sewer is common, and the City of Cambridge and the Region of Waterloo have information on disconnecting it. Anything near either river is in the Grand River Conservation Authority's regulated area and excavation needs their approval. The newer subdivisions off Franklin Boulevard, along the 401 and in north Hespeler are on poured concrete, and their wet basements are mostly grading and window wells. Travel from Kitchener is built into the written quote.
Basement Waterproofing services in Cambridge
- Exterior Excavation Waterproofing
- Interior Drainage System
- Weeping Tile Replacement
- Sump Pump & Battery Backup
- Window Well Drainage
Frequently asked questions
Do you charge more to work outside Kitchener?
Not inside the city. For Waterloo, Cambridge, Breslau and the townships, travel is built into the written quote up front rather than added afterwards. An excavation job is days of work, so the drive is a small part of it.
Why is my neighbour's basement dry and mine is wet?
Usually the soil, the grading or the tile. In Waterloo the Moraine sand drains and clay pockets do not, and the line between them can run through a street. In Kitchener it is more often grading — one lot slopes toward the house, the next one away — or a weeping tile that failed on one side of the property line and not the other. The first visit looks at both lots from the outside.
Serving Kitchener and surrounding areas. Contact us for a no-obligation quote specific to your property.