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Drainage Solution for a Wet Crawl Space in Troutdale

Project date: February 2025

Location: Troutdale, Oregon

The Challenge

This homeowner had a crawl space that was flooding regularly. Despite a good effort to manage the water by installing a sump pump install they were shocked to find over 9 inches of water covering the entire crawl space during our inspection. That’s over 10,000 gallons!

Our Solution

Whether it’s 200,000 gallons or 10,000 gallons, we can keep it dry! We began by pumping out the water and removed the vapor barrier. We then placed fans in the crawl space while we trenched.

Next we installed about 150 feet of drainage, all leading to the sump pump.

After a week of pumping water out and allowing the soil to dry, we installed a new vapor barrier. This home is now dry forever!

Before and After Photos

The 9 inches of water found in the crawl space under the Troutdale, OR home.

Crawl space pumped and cleaned out.

We used a temporary discharge on the sump pump to keep the dry out going while we install the trenches.

EZ Flow installed in Troutdale crawl space

Despite the shadows and angle, this trench is over 9 inches deep, with EZ Flow installed with incredible success! It’s more expensive but provides a cleaner, more free flowing trench that will last over 100 years!

New installed vapor barrier in the crawl space which will now be dry forever!

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Dylan Milroy – Co-Owner

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What People Say

    
 
 
         
   Denise A 
 
 
 
  From start to finish, Better Basements and Waterproofing was great to work with.   I found everyone to be customer focused.  They were amazing in answering all my many questions.
  
 
        
   Russell Mantifel 
 
 
 
  Timely. Communicative. Flexible. Quality.
  
 
        
   Brian Eubanks 
 
 
 
  Great service and friendly staff.  People were on time and really helped when I had questions.  Job was quick and was cleaned when it was finished.  Thank you.
  
 
        
   Seth Miller 
 
 
 
  These folks are awesome to work with. Hyper punctual, knowledgeable, and flexible. Not pushy at all and seem to simply want your water problems to go away. I don’t feel their techs would offer or recommend doing anything they wouldn’t do to their own homes.
  
 
        
   Kathleen Jones 
 
 
 
  Courteous and friendly and did everything they needed to do in our crawlspace. Also kept dirt and dust down to a minimum and tried to keep the costs down. Would highly recommend!
  
 
        
   Tim Barbknecht 
 
 
 
  Knowledgeable, friendly, no “up sales” just honest assessments. I will hire these guys when I’m ready.
  
 
        
   Nicholas Mitchell 
 
 
 
  Highly professional company. Highly recommended
  
 
        
   Tyler Buschman 
 
 
 
  These guys are pros. They replaced old vapor barrier and insulation in the crawl space and installed a sump pump and fan for our house. Everything was done in a timely matter and looked great. I can now sleep with peace of mind. Would definitely recommend to anyone needing work done beneath their home.
  
 
        
   Ryan James 
 
 
 
  Team was super responsive and great ! We had crawl space encapsulation and also some foam spray done, with sump pump and dehumidifier. I thought they did an awesome job and really helpful throughout the process. Highly recommend !

Drainage Solution for a Wet Crawl Space in Troutdale

The Challenge

Our Solution

Before and After Photos

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