
How Can a Layer of Clay Prevent Water From Entering Your Basement?
Bentonite Waterproofing
Can a layer of clay prevent water from entering your basement?
Expensive and extensive. Installing a bentonite waterproofing system on an existing house usually calls for complete excavation of the foundation. Interior…

How to Waterproofing lift pits
How to Waterproofing lift pits – David Cook’s view
Lift Pit Waterproofing Discussion Paper
The author Dave Cook is the Managing director and senior surveyor of Cook Group Ltd Experienced in preservation & waterproofing industry…

What Causes Efflorescence and How do You Remove it?
What Causes Efflorescence
So what causes efflorescence? This is when soluble salts and other water dispersible materials come to the surface of concrete and mortars. Low temperatures, moist conditions, condensation, rain, dew, and water added…

Silt Pits New House For Agi Pipes – A Waste?
Silt Pits For Agi Pipes - A Waste?
Are Silt Pits For Agi Pipes - A Waste?
"Installing agi- pipe drainage systems, including silt pits, to keep water away from footings, walls etc., may be worse than simply properly waterproofing your…

Agricultural Drains – A New House
Agricultural Drains
Agricultural drains (often called aggi drains) are used to:
Drain waterlogged ground.
Avoid soil Heave by keeping your foundations dry (see this Link: Protect foundations)
Keep the soil behind the Retaining Walls…

Soil Heave – Protecting Slab During Construction
Protecting Slab During Construction
The diagram below shows what you should be looking for, during construction, to protect the ground under your slab from gaining moisture and moving upwards.
"Drizoro Maxseal SUPER to stop water penetration…

Geotextile around Drainage Pipes – A New House
Geotextile around Drainage Pipes
Author: Brian Ashworth June 20, 2012
When researching about installing agricultural drains you will find some books recommend that you place a geotextile in the trench before the initial gravel and then…

Relieving Hydrostatic Pressure in Basement Construction
Relieving Hydrostatic Pressure in Basements
"Are sump pumps the best way of relieving hydrostatic pressure on basement walls from groundwater ?"
OnlineWaterproofingShop believes it's best to apply a continuous coating/membrane…

Waterproofing Concrete is Essential
Waterproofing Concrete is Essential
There is a common misconception that concrete provides waterproofing capabilities. This supposition has led to moisture infiltration and structural damage with countless buildings. This misconception has…






