Interior Basement Drainage in Virginia

Drainage That Resist Clogging

Most French drain systems are installed with a 1" gap at the edge of the floor. These gaps can collect dirt and debris from the floor, clogging your system.

Other drains sit completely underneath the basement floor in front of the footing, laying in the mud underneath your home. These drains can easily clog with mud, causing the system to fail.

Features of Our System:

• Sits on top of the footing, out of the mud
• A bed of stone keeps system clean and provides a backer for the concrete
• 3/8" wall flange to accept wall seepage that will not clog with floor debris

Frozen Discharge Line Protection

Drains and discharge lines resting outside of the home are liable to freeze during the cold winter months.

If your discharge line is frozen with ice, the water will have no exit, thus backing up into your basement or crawlspace and burning out your pump. You will be flooded. To ensure that a basement does not flood from this freezing discharge lines, the water needs another way out of your home.

Features of Our System:

• A special grated opening outside your home allows water to escape
• No valves to turn - IceGuard works automatically
• No water escapes during normal pumping

Built-In Wall Drainage

Basement walls can leak in many ways, including through cracks, pipe penetrations, through windows, or simply by having water seep through the concrete.

Any of our basement wall system options tuck neatly behind the flange, providing even further moisture control.

Features of Our System:

• A 3/8" wall flange allows water to drain from the walls
• Compatible with tucked-in wall vapor barriers
• Neat and clean finished appearance

Easily Accessible Port

Basement Systems WaterGuard Ports are useful access ports to the system. They have a knockout hole so you can drain a dehumidifier hose into the top of the system. They are also useful when inspecting or flood testing the system.

Features of Our System:

• Easy-access ports to the drainage system
• Drain a dehumidifier that isn't located near the sump pump

Baseboard Waterproofing System

Some homes are built with a monolithic foundation as part of their design. With monolithic foundations, the floor and footing are poured together as one piece. This means the edges of your basement floor are indeed your footing and are very thick at the edges.

Jackhammering a trench at the edges of a monolithic foundation may damage the footing. A subfloor perimeter drainage system is not advisable. The solution for waterproofing a monolithic foundation is to install a baseboard drainage system on top of the floor.

A special dovetail design and two-part epoxy ensures the DryTrak won't separate or be accidentally kicked or knocked loose from the floor. Other drainage may also be recommended through the center areas of the floor, especially if you have leaking floor cracks in a monolithic foundation.

Features of Our System:

• Safe for monolithic foundations
• Installs in only 1-2 days.
• Permanently bonded to the floor
• Dual system options available for monolithic foundations with leaking floor cracks