Epoxy and polyurethane injection that fills a foundation crack right through the wall, not just on the surface. The repair holds weight and carries a lifetime no-re-leak promise.
Basement crack repair seals the exact spot water uses to get in. A poured wall does not leak everywhere at once. It leaks at 1 or 2 cracks, and closing those stops the water. If water arrives along the whole floor line instead, that is hydrostatic pressure (opens in a new tab) and a different job. Telling the two apart takes about forty minutes.
Akron cracks walls every winter. Wet soil freezes against the foundation, swells and pushes in. Water inside the crack turns to ice and grows 9% bigger. Frost heaving (opens in a new tab) does that dozens of times a season, so a hairline becomes a leak.
We inject at low pressure so the resin travels right through the wall. When it shows on the outside face, the gap is gone. If the crack runs sideways and the wall bows in, that is foundation repair first. If the crawl space under the same house is damp, that is crawl space encapsulation.
Damage gets worse in jumps, not slowly. Here are 5 things that keep happening if you wait, and 5 that change once the work is done.
Width, direction and whether it still moves decide which resin we use. Anything still moving gets a monitor before we quote.
Ports go in every 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 cm) along the crack. The face gets capped so nothing blows out under pressure.
Resin goes in at low pressure so it travels the full thickness. We watch for it to show on the outside face.
Ports come off, the surface is ground flush, and we wet-test the repair before we leave. Then we register your warranty.
A 20-mil vapor barrier sealed to the walls and posts. The rim joists get insulated and the air is held under 55% damp. A wet dirt crawl space turns into clean, dry storage.
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Rotted joists, sagging floors, dead insulation and settled posts. The structural work that has to happen before a crawl space is worth sealing.
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Bowing walls and sideways cracks held with carbon fiber straps or wall anchors. Settled footings lifted on push piers. This work comes before any waterproofing system is worth putting in.
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Our crew is one call away. We know how stressful this gets. So we run 24/7 emergency basement waterproofing services across Akron and give you a set price before any work starts.
Picking a basement waterproofing contractor for basement crack repair comes down to 2 questions. Is the problem still fixed in 10 years? And does the company that promised it still pick up the phone? We have been picking up since 1994. Akron homeowners choose us for the 4 reasons below.
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.
Basement Waterproofing Akron covers 12 Akron neighborhoods and all 17 service ZIP codes listed below, right across Summit County. The same Northeast Ohio clay runs under Canton and the Greater Cleveland area, so water behaves the same way north and south of us. Even so, the soil changes from one house to the next. Our crews work from what sits under your foundation, not from one plan for the whole region. Every ZIP code on this list gets the same basement waterproofing services and the same warranty.
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Basement Waterproofing Akron
385 S Main St
Akron, OH 44311
Sideways cracks with the wall bowing in, stair-step cracks in block wider than a quarter inch (6 mm), and any crack where the two faces no longer line up. Those are structural. Thin straight up-and-down cracks are the common kind. They leak, but they are not a danger to the building.
Not along the same line. Once the resin sets it is stronger than the concrete around it. If whatever moved the wall keeps moving, the wall can crack somewhere else, which is why we look at the cause and not just the crack.
Because it only covers the surface. It looks fixed for a season, then water finds the edge of the patch and comes in around it. Injection fills the gap through the wall, so there is no path left.
The same day. Once the ports come off and the surface is ground flush, the wall is ready to paint, frame or finish.
Book Your Free Basement Crack Repair Inspection
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.
