We started in 1994 with one truck, one pump and a belief that most waterproofing companies were selling products instead of solving problems. Nine thousand eight hundred basements later, that is still the entire business model. You can read what that looks like on real houses , and every installation is planned around Ohio building standards.
Our founder spent six years working for a national waterproofing franchise before starting this company. What drove him out was watching crews install the same system in every house regardless of what the water was actually doing, because that was the product the company sold.
In Akron that approach fails constantly. The ground here changes within a mile: clay-rich glacial soil in Merriman Valley, compacted urban fill near downtown, raised street fill under the downtown grid, and pre-war rubble footings on the West Side. Each one moves water differently and needs a different answer.
So we built the company around diagnosis. Test pits, moisture mapping and a hose test come before any price. Sometimes that means we walk away from a $30,000 job because the real fix is a downspout extension, and we have never regretted one of those conversations.
Today we are twenty-eight people, six trucks and one excavator, all employees, working across Akron and the surrounding towns. We still answer the phone at 2am in March.
Nobody on our team earns commission on the size of a job. If a $300 grading correction fixes it, that is what goes on the proposal.
No subcontractors, no day labor. Every technician is a background-checked, IICRC-certified employee of ours.
Materials named by brand, scope drawn out, change-order policy stated up front. The number you sign is the number you pay.
Our lifetime guarantee transfers with the house. It is a promise we can only make because we build systems that keep working.
Akron homeowners pick us for 4 reasons. We have 32 years of work in this city. Our warranty lasts a lifetime and passes to the buyer. We find the problem before we write a price. And we employ our own crews. Picking a basement waterproofing contractor really comes down to 2 questions. Is the water still gone in 10 years? And does the company that promised it still pick up the phone at 2am in March? We have been picking up since 1994.
32+ Years Under Akron Homes
Since 1994 we have waterproofed 9,800 homes in Akron and Summit County. Whatever sits under your house, we have worked in it before. That includes the heavy clay in Merriman Valley, the packed fill downtown, and the old rubble footings in Goodyear Heights.
Lifetime Transferable Warranty
Every system we build comes with a lifetime warranty against water coming through the area we treated. It covers our labor as well as the materials. You can pass it to the buyer, so it helps sell the house instead of sitting in a drawer.
Diagnosis Before Proposal
Test holes, moisture readings and a hose test all happen before we name a price. A basement waterproofing specialist runs every inspection, not a salesperson. We drop plenty of quotes once the real fix turns out to be a longer downspout. When a wall needs a structural engineer, we bring one in. Selling work nobody needs is how a contractor runs out of customers.
Accredited, Employed Crews
No subcontractors and no day labor. We are Better Business Bureau accredited and a member of the Basement Health Association. We are registered to work in Ohio under the Ohio Department of Commerce building rules. The person who quoted your job stands on site while the crew builds it.
Request Your Free Basement Inspection Today
Water in the basement, a crack you have been watching, or a crawl space nobody wants to open. Basement Waterproofing Akron comes out fast and tells you what is really wrong. You get a set price, and our work is guaranteed for life across Akron and our listed service area.
