Basement Systems USA Before & After Photos

This customer had an old out dated basement that they recently gutted and now wanted to remodel. They reached out to Basement Systems USA in need of help of bringing their visions of a useable, multipurpose room, to life. We sent our finishing specialist, Joshua Jackson, out to this property to provide material samples and work with the homeowners to come up with an open basement concept, they both agree on. 

For this project we did a complete ceiling install, we put up our TBF EverLast Wall system around the perimeter of this basement as well as painted the wall system and finally we installed our Elite Plank- Walnut flooring all throughout. 

This basement was still wet from the last rain. It needed the patented basement waterproofing systems called WaterGuard.  WaterGuard is a system that is designed to go on top of the footer so that it will not get clogged by the mud that is next to the footer.  

We also installed the ThermalWall vapor barrier so that moisture from the foundation wall would not evaporate into the basement.  We seal the top and tape the joints so that no air can escape.  The bottom of the vapor barrier is installed into the WaterGuard system so that moisture can drain away.  Now the basement has a guarantee against water seepage from the foundation walls but also will have less moisture in the air.  It is now ready to use.  

Cinder block wall often fail due to the weight of the soil, the weight of the water in the soil, and the pressure created by clay expansion when it gets wet. The result is that the walls bow inward and will eventually collapse unless repaired. 

The GeoLock Wall Anchor System is the best solution for bowed walls. This dead-man anchoring system is capable of reversing the pressure and stabilizing the wall. The GeoLock System has three main parts: a 9-foot threaded galvanized rod that extends out to the exterior ground anchor - a galvanized steel plus-sign-shaped plate which gets embedded in stable soil, away from the foundation of your house. The other end of the threaded rod goes through two steel channel anchors plates - one plate is attached on the exterior side of the wall, the other, in the exact location on the interior (basement) side of the wall. There is a bolt attached to the end of the rod that enters your basement. When that bolt is tightened, it creates reverse pressure and holds the wall securely in its current position. However, when the soil outside is very dry, the bolt can be tightened more to straighten the wall, and over time, the wall may straighten to its original position. Very cool indeed! This home in Elkton needed 10 anchors to repair the wall. 

For this project, we installed a 27" x 45" In-Swing Egress Window with a 24" deep Cascade Large Egress Well.

For this basement repair we had to install 2 PowerBraces. PowerBraces were needed due to the fact that  one part of the foundation wall was bowing inward and we needed to stop that forward movement.