Why Waterproof Your Basement?
by Ken Fones, Basement Technologies of Southern New Jersey
Your home is your most valuable asset and investing in your home and solving your wet basement problem is a smart move! 10 – 20% reduction in home value is common due to a wet basement. Many realtors agree that a home that has a wet basement will not sell as fast as a home with a dry basement. Homes with wet basements don’t sell and have to be discounted 10 – 20% just to possibly sell at all.
A wet basement wastes an entire level of your home; this space can now be used for storage or extra living space, adding useable square footage to the home. It makes no sense to live in a home with an unusable wet basement or a basement that flood (once in a while). Ruined finished basements, damaged stored items and appliances are all a result of wet basements. Why absorb the costs and inconvenience associated with a flooded basement? Basement Technologies of Southern New Jersey can provide a permanent solution!
Our Water Trek Aqua Route® system is the most effective system on the market today – bar none. The Water Trek Aqua Route® conduit has slots on both sides to accommodate water entering the front of the footing and from the footing/foundation wall seam.
Our Water Grabber® Bull Dog™ sump pump system represents an innovative alternative to the common circular or “open pit” pumping unit. Your basement was built square, level and plumb – not circular, so why have a circular liner in a square corner which looks like a plumbing product? It makes more sense to install a sump pump that fits snugly and attractively in your basement.
The Stallion Eliminator Battery Backup Unit is designed to be the best on the market! An accepted reality in basement waterproofing is that all reliable basement waterproofing systems are based on a pumping unit. Pumping units are run on electricity and are a mechanical device prone to possible failure. Storms, power outages and unforeseen mechanical failure are all unforeseen realities, that’s why we recommend a battery backup unit and secondary pumps on all pump locations.
About Ken Fones
Ken Fones, owner of Basement Technologies of Southern New Jersey has completed the training necessary to become an exclusive dealer of Basement Technologies, Inc. products and services. Ken also operates a local construction company and has been involved in construction and waterproofing for the past 14 years. Ken is a graduate of Woodstown High School and served in the United States Marine Corp. He’s a lifelong resident of both Salem and Gloucester Counties. Ken is a member of BNI, Woodstown-Pilesgrove Business Association and the Salem County Chamber of Commerce.
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