All-Dry of the Carolinas Before & After Photos

Unfortunately, this homeowner was dealing with some active mold in their basement when they decided to call All-Dry of the Carolinas. Like many other homeowners that we have seen and helped, this homeowner knew that mold under the home could cause a lot of different kinds of problems. The main one being the health of the people living in the home. Our Systems Design Specialist came out to the home in order to determine what could be done about this problem in this customer's crawlspace.

The "before" picture shows the crawlspace before the any of the work was done in the crawlspace. As you can see, the homeowner had already had a crawlspace liner laid out. However, this liner is extremely ineffective when it comes to keeping moisture out of the crawlspace. One of the main reasons that these types of liners do not work well is because they are not sealed along the walls, columns, or even together.

The "after" picture shows a much different story than before any work was done. This photo shows what the finished basement looked like when the crew was done with it. This customer wanted to make sure that they never had to worry about mold in their crawlspace ever again, so they went with the full encapsulation. As you can see, the CleanSpace goes all the way up the walls of the crawlspace, this prevents even more moisture from soaking through the walls.

Basements can be dark, scary, and wet places, but they don't always have to be! Basements are much more likely to be affected by water intrusion because they are below grade and water can get into the basement through the floors and walls much easier. This can began to cause serious damage to different areas of the basement and be detrimental to the health of the home and any occupants. 

The "before" picture shows what the crawlspace looked like when our System Design Specialist went out to the home to figure out what could be done to help this homeowner out. The photo gives a pretty good look at the condition of the basement in general. However in this photo there is quite a bit of water that has soaked into the floor near the back wall. This is a pretty clear indication of water intrusion, so our Specialist knew exactly what to do.

The "after" photo shows off the basement once the crew had began working on it. At this point in the installation process, three main products have been installed; WaterGuard, CleanSpace Liner, and ThermalDry. The CleanSpace liner is the white liner that can be seen going around the bottom of the wall, this helps to catch water and drain it to the WaterGuard. The WaterGuard then drains the water straight to the sump pump which pumps out the water. The last product that can be seen is the ThermalDry floor. This isn't a product we use too often, but it helps to serve as insulation for the floor. 

WaterGuard is one of the most popular products that we install in basements and this home was no different. This homeowner noticed water getting into his finished basement when it would rain. In order to keep his finished basement beautiful and usable, he needed to have WaterGuard and a sump pump installed. In the end, he decided on two sump pumps (a SuperSump and an UltraSump), as well as over 30 feet of WaterGuard. The area near the bathroom was the main culprit of the water intrusion, so that's where a lot of the WaterGuard and a sump pump was installed.

The "before" picture shows off where the toilet usually sits. However, because there would be WaterGuard installed here, it needed to be taken out. However, even though this may be bothersome, in the long run, it is immensely beneficial.

The "after" photo shows what the area looked like after we had installed the WaterGuard. It may not be the prettiest of sights at the moment, but the good thing is that more tile can be laid. However, if this customer didn't fix this issue right away, they could have had several thousand dollars in damage, and the problem still would not have been fixed.

This homeowner was concerned about their basement when they started noticing more and more water coming in through one of the walls. Fortunately, the homeowner caught on to this issue before it did any real damage. They actually had heard about us from a friend, and gave us a call to come visit them! Our Systems Design Specialist proposed for a SuperSump pump system and around 40 feet of WaterGuard be installed.

The "before" photo gives a quick look at part of the basement in question. As you can see, there was not too much damage from the water at this point. But this homeowner knew that eventually it would, so they erred on the side of caution and went ahead and got it installed before the damage was done, rather than afterwards.

The "after" picture shows the same area, but after the WaterGuard had been installed. As you can see, it doesn't look like much work was done, but this homeowner didn't need to worry about water getting through this area any more. The WaterGuard is completely hidden by the floor, except for a small gap between the floor and wall of the basement.

In the “before” picture you see a crawl space that has an old liner and debris. Our crew cleared the crawl space of the debris, old insulation, and old liner.

In the “after” you see where our All-Dry team has removed all debris and have installed CleanSpace on the crawl space floor and have wrapped the piers.