Service Area · Stanley Park
Basement Waterproofing in Stanley Park
Wet basement repair for Stanley Park and the surrounding east Kitchener neighbourhoods between Ottawa Street, River Road and the Grand River.
Stanley Park is the heart of east Kitchener's 1960s and 70s housing, and its basements are the textbook Kitchener case. Bungalows, backsplits and two-storeys on concrete block foundations in heavy clay, with clay weeping tile laid by hand when the streets went in and never touched since. The block is porous, the cores fill with water, and after a March melt or a July thunderstorm the water shows up at the bottom course inside the basement, along the floor-wall joint, and as damp staining that never dries on the wall facing the higher lot next door. The land slopes toward the Grand River and Stanley Park Conservation Area on the east side, and the streets on the lower ground toward River Road and Chicopee can have groundwater close under the floor as well, which is where sump pumps and backups come in. The work here splits cleanly: exterior excavation and membrane on the walls where the lawn or garden allows the dig, an interior drainage system on the wall under the driveway or the deck, new tile either way because the old clay is done, and a sump to take it all. A lot of these houses have weeping tile tied into the sanitary sewer, and disconnecting it is worth doing at the same time. Most basements here are finished or half-finished, which is one more reason the interior system gets chosen for at least one wall. Stanley Park is inside Kitchener, so there is no travel charge.
Basement Waterproofing services in Stanley Park
- 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.