Your Hometown Sump Pump Installation & Home Foundation Repair Experts in Glasgow, KY

This customer in Glasgow, KY wanted a complete waterproofing system for his basement. We installed a WaterGuard XL sub-floor drainage system, IceGuard to prevent floods from clogged or frozen discharge line, and installed a LawnScape Outlet to drain water from gutters or drains away from the structure. We also installed a TripleSafe Complete pump system with twin liner, 1/3 HP cast-iron primary AC pump, 1/2 HP cast-iron AC back-up pump, and UltraSump battery back-up pumping system with charging/control box with alarm, and 120 amp sealed maintenance-free battery. This includes 3 CleanPump stands, airtight lid with airtight floor drain, 2 IceGuards, LawnScape Outlet, and WaterWatch alarm system. To complete the full waterproofing system we installed the SaniDry Sedona dehumidifier and air filtration system.

When the homeowners of a house in Glasgow, Kentucky found mold and moisture on the walls of their basement, they were not happy. They knew mold presents a health hazard, especially when the basement is used as a laundry room, where they wash their clothes. Cleanliness and mold don't go together. They also use their basement for storing different tools, mower, furniture and other things they don't use at the moment in the main living area of the house above. 

They decided to give us a call and scheduled a free inspection with one of our design specialist. Hunter arrived to their home and thoroughly looked at the whole basement and the area around the house to find out where the problem is. 

He explained to the homeowners what needed to be done, what products we would use to get rid of moisture and water that was getting in their basement. They shook hands and we could start working!

Our team worked quickly but didn't take any shortcuts during the process. They started with an installation of the WaterGuard - system of pipes that collects water which gets to the basement through cracks on the basement walls, and leads it to the sump pump. This system is carefully placed in trenches, covered with gravel and a fresh layer of concrete, so the place looks like we've never been there when we're done with work! 

The pipes lead water to the sump pump. We use TripleSafe sump pump, which is more powerful pump, necessary for our area in Southern Kentucky and Middle Tennessee, where we have quite heavy rains and floods every year. Once the TripleSafe pumps water out, it's escaping to the yard thorugh LawnScape Outlet, which is installed at least 8 feet away from the basement to guarantee water wouldn't return back to cause damage.

The homeowners are very happy with their new waterproofing system!

Finding cracks in your basement is never a fun sight to see. It immediately raises red flags and concerns. Your head may start exploding with questions: What is a possible cause of these cracks? Is my house falling apart? Is the repair going to break my bank account? Imagine that the cracks you see are not just tiny little cracks but several feet long cracks running along the foundation walls on all sides of your basement. Sounds frightening, doesn’t it? Sounds too crazy to be true.

We received a phone call from homeowners in Glasgow, Kentucky, whose basement looked just like described. Stair-step cracks expended to long horizontal cracks. Years of neglect caused the basement walls to start bowing. When our system design specialist visited the basement to assess how bad the situation was, he said it was one of the most extreme situations he had ever seen.

Thankfully, Frontier Foundation & Crawl Space always has a solution for the worst situations imaginable in your basements or crawl spaces!

After a thorough consultation with the homeowners, we decided to install heavy-duty galvanized beams to support the foundation walls. The Power Brace System is a system of galvanized beams that are installed to support the foundation. The foundation walls are now stabilized, and the cracks will straighten over time. No need to patch anything with mortar! Now, the homeowners can sleep peacefully and not worry about their house falling apart! They may even turn their nice large basement into a livable space, for example, a family room, gym, man’s cave, laundry, or storage room!

Linda had serious foundation issues in her 1957 home since 2004. She said it has gotten worse and worse over the years. She had plans to stay in the home for a very long time and actually wanted to renovate it, but she wanted to fix the foundation before starting any other projects. She had gotten jacks installed under her home by another company, but they weren't doing exactly what she needed hem to do. She started to browse HomeAdvisor looking for foundation companies and found us! She took advantage of our free estimates and called us right up. Our trained specialist met with her and inspected her home. He found many easy tell-tale signs that Linda's home was in severe need of our help. There was rotted wood in her crawl space that made her floors uneven and bouncy, cracks in both her interior and exterior walls, and her basement walls were leaning inward from the outside soil and hydrostatic pressure. 

Our inspector suggested these three foundation products for her problems:

Wall Anchor in her basement-- This innovative wall anchor system will permanently stabilize your foundation wall by anchoring your walls to the hard-packed virgin soil beyond your foundation. After installation, wall anchors can often be tightened over time to further straighten your foundation walls and pull them back to their original position.

Push Piers under her home--Push piers are made with heavy-duty steel and are connected to your foundation by a steel foundation bracket. The piers are driven deep below your home in sections until the piers reach strong supporting soils. Steel brackets connect piers to the foundation, effectively transferring the weight of the structure to the deeper load-bearing soil.

SmartJacks in her crawl space--The best way to permanently solve sagging, bouncy floor problems is to install SmartJack posts beneath the beam that supports your crawl space joists. Each SmartJack post rests on a precast concrete pad that is set on a base of compacted stone. This engineered structural system won’t settle as masonry piers can; nor will it rot or shift like a wood post.

Linda took our advice and got all three foundation products installed. She now has a safe and supported foundation that will last for years!
Call us today for your free inspection! Don't wait until later, because foundation problems will only get worse!

This home in Glasgow KY was having trouble with wet crawl space. The entry to the crawl space is an access well below ground level. This pit collect water, leaves, and other debris allowing all of these things access to the crawl space and rotting the door away. The insulation between the floor joist was even in bad shape from the excess moisture. Mold was eating the floor joist. To renovate this crawl space the old insulation was removed from the floor joist, mold was treated, and sister floor joist were set. The Delta Drainage Matting was installed to prevent any water pooling underneath the vapor barrier. The CleanSpace vapor barrier was installed next. A TipleSafe Single pump is used to pump away any excess water, routing the water to a LawnScape well. Crawl space vents were covered with the CleanSpace Vent covers to prevent outside air flow. A Turtle access well looks attractive and prevents any water or debris from getting inside the crawl space.

This home was flooded with water underneath the house. This leads to mold and wood rot which is not something you want under your house! 

We encapsulated this crawl space to provide a permanent water proofing solution! 

This home was full of standing water and this family wanted it out! Standing water leads to mold, mildew, and wood rot. It can cause problems with the floor in your home and can cost home owners thousands! 

We installed our Clean Space Encapsulation system and this space is now clean and dry! We can do this for you too! 

A family in Glasgow, KY had a crawl space that was being destroyed by moisture. They had severe wood rot, and mold. Some parts of the wood were just completely gone because of the conditions of the crawl space. 

The main support beams in the crawl space needed to be replaced and a drainage system, sump pump, and Smart Jacks for weight support had to be installed to make this space safe. 

We did everything that was needed to make the crawl space a non-issue and give this family a permanent solution to their wet headache.