Seven creeks in two miles
Tyrone basements drain toward a lot of creeks.
The weather station at Hartsfield-Jackson, about 12 miles northeast, averages roughly 50 inches of rain a year, and around Tyrone that water has many places to go. Federal stream maps show seven creeks within about two miles of the town center: Line, Shoal, Flat, Kedron, Trickum and Persimmon creeks plus Gin Branch. About 8 percent of the ground nearby is Wehadkee and Cartecay bottomland mapped as frequently flooded. Most of the upland is Cecil soil, with a red clay subsoil that drains well by NRCS standards. Even well drained ground gets wet beside a buried wall, so the plan depends on where your house sits.
The lot
How far the house is from the creek or low ground, which way the yard falls, and where each downspout ends.
Walls and finishes
Damp drywall, stained baseboards, seepage behind finished walls and at the joint along the bottom of the wall.
The floor
Water coming up through the slab in low corners, wet carpet pad, and whether a sump exists and keeps up.
How a Tyrone basement tells you water is getting in.
Rain soaking the clay beside the house and groundwater near the creek bottoms leave different marks in a Tyrone basement. These four tell us which one we are dealing with.
Wet carpet after a long rain
White streaks on bare walls
A sump that runs between storms
A musty smell in a finished room
Noticed one of these? Finding the source comes before anything else.
How we diagnose basement water in Tyrone.
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 Tyrone's hills and creek bottoms.
A hilltop basement that leaks after storms and a lower one near a frequently flooded bottom need different plans. We pick from these four methods and prescribe only what your Tyrone basement needs.
Interior Drainage
A drain channel along the inside base of the walls catches water where it enters, including water that runs along shallow granite in the few spots where it sits about 30 inches down, and carries it to a sump.
Best for: walls that seep at the floor line after a wet week.
Sump Pump Systems
The pit gathers the water from the drain and the pump sends it out and away from the house. A battery backup keeps it running when a storm takes the power out.
Best for: lower lots near Wehadkee and Cartecay bottomland.
Wall Vapor Barrier
A sealed liner over damp concrete or block keeps wall moisture and musty air out of the room. In an unfinished basement it also gives a clean, bright surface.
Best for: unfinished walls that stay damp or streaked.
Grading & Downspout Fixes
Builder grading settles over 20 years. Reshaping the soil so it falls away from the house and running downspouts out past the backfill can stop water before it reaches the wall.
Best for: a leak on one side where water pools.
When water is not the only problem.
A wet lower level in Tyrone often shares a cause with other trouble in the house: water going where it should not on the lot. If the diagnosis finds more than a leak, the same team handles it.
Foundation Repair
Crawl Space Encapsulation
Sagging Floor Repair
Floor Rebuilds
Leak plus something else? We will sort out which is which.
In their own words.
Tyrone basement waterproofing FAQ.
Find out where the water in your Tyrone basement starts.
We will trace it from the yard to the floor for free, explain what stops it and give you a fair price in writing. If a downspout extension or a regraded corner is enough, you will hear it from us first.