Water belongs away from your house. We fix the grade that is sending it towards the foundation, and we do the digging and backfill when a foundation needs proper repair.
Most wet basements in Winnipeg start outside. The soil next to the house has settled, the ground now slopes towards the foundation, and every rain and every spring melt runs straight down the wall. Regrading so the ground falls away from the house is the first and cheapest fix, and it is one we do all summer.
When the problem has gone further, we handle the excavation side of a foundation repair: exposing the wall so it can be sealed or the weeping tile replaced, then backfilling and regrading so the finished job sheds water properly. We work alongside your foundation contractor or engineer, or we can point you to one we trust.
Winnipeg sits on deep Red River clay. It swells when it is wet and shrinks when it is dry, which is why the soil next to a foundation settles into a trough over the years and why a crack in a basement wall so often has a puddle outside it. Keeping water away from the wall is the single biggest thing you can do for a foundation on this soil, and it costs a fraction of what a structural repair does.
If your basement is damp, do the cheap things first: clean the eavestroughs, extend the downspouts, and fix the grade. If that does not solve it, that is when the excavation and the foundation contractor come in, and we can do the digging.
Tell us what the property needs and we will come back with a clear price. Most quotes go out the same day.
