Basement renovation

[jcdammeyer]

Gosh some buttons pressed here. I guess I won't mention the conflict I had with the contractor doing the perimeter drain replacement. His opinion of that plastic bubbled material to help water slide down into the drain was that it was crap. I suspect he just didn't want to pay for it and remain competitive with other bids. Or maybe it is crap. In either case it wasn't done on ours. What they did do is glue down that blue covered black sticky rubber for 2' above the footing and over the footing.

Let's not go there...

John

 

[Darren]

I do a few basement exterior waterproofing jobs per summer as a side gig. Always Blueskin/dimple board membrane/fabric wrapped weeping tile, lots of 3/4" clear stone wrapped up in fabric then backfill. Never had to go back and redo. The dimple board membrane adds to the cost, but protects the blueskin from mechanical damage during backfill and adds another drainage layer. Its maybe 6-700 extra for the average house.