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AAA HOME REPAIR
Danbury, CT.

Ct lic HIC #578992 (general contractor)
HIC code #1799 "specialty trade contractor" (waterproofing)
established 1999

BASEMENT WATERPROOFING

wall cracks - floor cracks - channelling - sump pumps - tanking

"its all we do, we do it well, it works and we warranty it"

AAA Home Repair has 2 websites:

www.aaahomerepair.co­m
www.waterproofingdan­buryct.com

The following post is a partial page from our - www.waterproofingdan­buryct.com - site

This page is "the other side of the coin" - the side the "chain"/"dealer" waterproofing companies will stop short of telling you about their procedures in their "selectively embellished sales pitch"...

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WHAT WE DO NOT DO

WE DO NOT do "interior french drains" - with these systems the pump is located so deep that you are constantly trying to pump the water table dry - that's not possible - you can install 10 pumps and that won't happen - when you hear the pump go on (constantly) you assume it's doing a great job but you are only pumping the "same" non-threatening water over and over, forever - it's like pumping water out of one end of a pool and putting it back in on the other end - you can go through many pumps without once being in danger of flooding - THE ONLY WATER OF CONCERN IS WATER THAT REACHES THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FLOOR - our "optimum depth" shallow sump pump well procedure (approx. 16" deep polyethylene well which is fully code compliant) prevents that "flooding" level from being reached - you can also pump silt (dirt), at unnecessary depths, that can plug the pump or undermine your footings and substrate which causes settlement that in turn cause wall or floor cracks - "interior french drains" are touted as being the best by "chain" / "dealership" operations who only expect a one time sales event / big buck / big profit job - we see jobs all the time that have these buried systems, inside & outside, and water is still coming in - when buried in mud, which is what the water table is, "precipitated sediment" buildup in inaccessable perforated pipes cause these systems to clog and fail - WHAT DO YOU DO THEN??? - GUARANTEED??? - DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH WAITING...

WE DO NOT do any "full thru cutting of the concrete floor that removes it from the support of the footings on it's perimeter" to bury perforated pipe or duct under the floor (for interior french drains or perimeter drains) - up to 20% of your floor weight is supported on its perimeter by the footings which only projects about 4" from the wall (under the floor) - cutting out beyond 4" means your floor has been "structurally compromised" and must now be fully supported by the substrate alone that, to varying degrees, has most likely been undermined by water which causes settlement - the transfer of the entire floor weight is then on the substrate alone - that causes additional compression of the substrate (settlement) - concrete doesn't bend - with settlement the floor cracks from its own unsupported weight and allows water to perk thru - if you have put down a finished floor the entire floor must be removed to address the cracks...

WE DO NOT do "curtain drains" - except for a shallow surface "swale" drain, such as a low spot where no foundation is at issue, a big buck useless dog and pony show - a break the bank procedure usually done by excavating contractors who want to keep their machines working for a better return on their investment - generally installed on one side of the house and can be up to 10' deep - 4" perforated pipe at the bottom - filled with stone - even worst when the trench is dug next to the foundation - curtain drains DO NOT address a rising water table, water that routes around them, through them when the drain pipe clogs with "precipitated sediment" and is still present between your house and the curtain drain - when the drain pipe fills with sediment (even with so called sleeves, wraps or screens) it no longer drains and you have created a huge drywell (a water storage area) with all the stone used - that presents an even bigger problem to deal with - contractors who do this procedure also do REDOS and advertise that they do REDOS - does that tell you anything???...

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