Limestone, springs and creek flats
In Cedartown, the water under the ground is never far away.
Cedartown grew up around Big Spring, which pushes out about 4 million gallons of water a day from limestone that the USGS says stores water in openings dissolved in the rock. Where that water sits depends on where your house sits. On the uplands, deep, well drained Fullerton soil keeps its water table more than six feet down, alongside the red clay of the Decatur and Dewey soils. On the low terraces, Wolftever soil holds water about three feet down. On the Cedar Creek floodplain, Chewacla soil carries a winter water table 6 to 24 inches below the surface. With close to 53 inches of rain a year, a low basement here is rarely far from water.
Upland or creek flat
Where the house sits relative to Cedar Creek and the low terraces, and how the lot drains.
Walls
Damp block, crumbling mortar, white residue and seepage at the base of the wall.
Floor
Water rising through the slab in winter, a floor drain or sump, and how high water gets.
Four ways water shows up in a Cedartown basement.
Upland houses and creek-flat houses in Cedartown get wet for different reasons, and the signs differ too. These four come up most, and each one points the diagnosis toward a source.
Water only after storms
White crust on an old wall
A wet floor all winter
Mildew in the cellar
Not sure if it is runoff or groundwater? That is the first thing we find out.
How we diagnose basement water in Cedartown.
A lot of waterproofing companies show up to sell you the most expensive system they install. We show up to figure out how water is actually getting into your basement first, then prescribe the system that stops it, and tell you straight, even when the answer is "you don't need as much as you were told."
Diagnose
A free in-home inspection by someone who does this work. We trace where the water is coming from, inside and around the home, and walk you through what's actually driving it.
Prescribe
The right waterproofing system for how water is getting in, not the priciest package. A plain-English explanation and a fair price in writing. You decide on your own time.
Treat
Dependable work by our own local crew, on time, cleaned up after themselves. We keep you in the loop until the basement is dry and we have walked the finished job with you.
A lot of companies sell you a system. We diagnose first, then prescribe only what your basement actually needs to stay dry. That's the difference between an honest local team and a sales quota from out of town.
Basement waterproofing methods for Cedartown's uplands and creek flats.
An upland basement taking runoff and a creek-flat basement sitting in winter groundwater need different plans. These are the four methods we prescribe from, and only the ones your Cedartown basement needs go in.
Interior Drainage
A drain channel along the inside base of the walls catches water at the joint, whether it is storm runoff or groundwater pushing up, and carries it to a sump.
Best for: seepage at the base of the walls.
Sump Pump Systems
The sump collects what the drain gathers and the pump moves it out past the foundation. A battery backup keeps it going when a storm knocks out power.
Best for: basements on the Cedar Creek floodplain and low terraces.
Wall Vapor Barrier
A sealed liner over old block or brick keeps wall moisture and musty air out of the room, and brightens a dark cellar for storage.
Best for: damp masonry and white crust.
Grading & Downspout Fixes
On upland lots where groundwater is deep, reshaping the soil and moving downspout water away from the house can stop a storm-only leak on its own.
Best for: upland basements that leak only after rain.
Basement water and the rest of an older house.
In an older Cedartown house, the water that dampens a cellar can also press on its walls, keep a crawl space wet and weaken floors above. If the diagnosis finds that, one local team handles it.
Foundation Repair
Crawl Space Encapsulation
Sagging Floor Repair
Floor Rebuilds
Water and something else at once? We will tell you which is which.
In their own words.
Cedartown basement waterproofing FAQ.
Find out where water enters your Cedartown basement.
We will come out at no charge, tell you whether you are dealing with runoff or groundwater and explain what stops it, with a fair price in writing. If better grading is enough, you will hear that first.