Basement Waterproofing & Foundation Repair in Summit County, OH

We just bought a 1920s house in Summit County and the basement smells musty all the time. Where do we start?

Start with finding where the water gets in, because the smell is almost always damp block or a damp floor feeding mold. On a home that age in Summit County we usually find deteriorated mortar joints and no working footing drain. A free inspection tells you which of the two you are dealing with before anyone talks about price.

Does the Cuyahoga River valley have anything to do with why my basement keeps flooding?

It does if you sit low in the valley or near one of the feeder creeks. Those areas hold a high water table through spring, so water pushes up under the slab as much as it comes through the walls. Homes in that situation usually need interior drainage and a properly sized pump, with surface work as a second layer.

How quickly can you get a crew to a Summit County address after a storm?

Wadsworth is about twenty five minutes from most of Summit County, so we are usually out the same day or the next morning. Call (330) 366-3028 and tell us how much water is standing. Active flooding moves to the front of the list.

My neighbor two streets over got an interior system and we were quoted carbon fiber. Why the different fix?

Because you have different problems. Interior drainage handles water coming in. Carbon fiber handles a wall that is bowing under soil pressure. Plenty of Summit County homes eventually need both, and we tell you the order to do them in so you spend money where it matters first.

Is there something about Summit County clay that makes foundations crack more than other places?

The clay here swells when it is wet and shrinks when it dries, and that cycle works on a foundation year after year. Add the sandstone ledge that runs through parts of the county and you get uneven bearing under the footing. That combination is behind most of the stair-step cracking we repair here.

Who does basement waterproofing near me across Summit County?

We do, and we have since 1985. All American works every part of Summit County from Akron and Cuyahoga Falls out to Hudson, Twinsburg and Peninsula, with an A plus BBB rating and a transferable lifetime warranty. Call (330) 366-3028 for a free inspection.