New construction Basement Waterproofing

Even on new construction, basement waterproofing is mandatory. If you do not want to deal with the water damage and flooding issues that can happen with any property, then you better complete your basement waterproofing on your newly constructed home as well. Besides, doesn’t it make sense to do it now while the home is new and everything is waiting to be finished?

No home is immune to water seeping into the home. It doesn’t matter if it is old or new. Once the cracks start to form in the foundation or the basement walls, then that is it. Water is going to find it’s way in there. This is why I am a big proponent of waterproofing a home that is new construction.

I had a friend that purchased a new home and just loved it. They immediately moved into the home, didn’t have an home inspection, and was still just as happy as they could be. However, not too much longer after moving in they noticed puddles of water in the basement. Come to find out, the basement floor was cracked and water had been seeping into the basement causing these puddles.

Now you might be thinking this is a newly constructed home, how in the world could that happen? Simple actually, the quality of the builder wasn’t up to par or they just made a simple mistake, but nevertheless, my friend had water in the basement. There are several reasons you can get cracks and water on your basement floor. And one of those reasons is poor workmanship. I hope you double check every aspect of your builder and enjoy your home, unlike my friend.

New Construction Basement Waterproofing

When you first purchase a new construction home, now is the perfect time to get your waterproofing finished and here are four good reasons why.

1) Bare Room – In all likelihood, the basement is empty at that time, which means the waterproofing process will be easy to complete as you don’t have to remove any furniture, drywall, or anything like that. You can just get right down to business.

2) You have contractors - The home was just built, therefore, you already have access to contractors that you obviously trust of you wouldn’t have purchased the home from there. And if their workmanship is good enough for your entire home, then more than likely it is good enough for waterproofing basement walls, floors, and crawl space as well.

3) Additional Investment – Your home is your largest investment and there is nothing wrong with taking out some additional security to make sure that nothing goes wrong with it. Besides, this is protection for your largest investment, so waterproofing the basement only makes sense in my eyes. Get it done.

4) Avoid Disaster - You don’t want to end up in a situation where you are waterproofing your home because you had a serious flood and now don’t want it to happen again. You want that piece of mind now before anything happens and hopefully you will never have to deal with basement flooding issues.

Take the time to learn more about new construction basement waterproofing before the need is serious and something terrible happens to you.

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