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30 Years Of Seasonal Crawl Space Flooding

Project date: April 2025

Location: Longview, Washington

The Challenge

This homeowner had been dealing with water and moisture problems in their crawl space for over 30 years. Despite multiple attempts to resolve the problem—including installing a sump pump in the center of the crawl space, adding exterior drainage, and installing downspouts—as you can see they still experienced excessive water problems. ter intrusion.

Our Solution

While we wish we had been called in sooner to save them a lot of money and headaches, we’re glad we could finally step in and make it right!

Here’s what we did:

Removed the pre-installed sump pump and basin
Cleared out the old vapor barrier and all debris
Installed a new sump pump and basin at the lowest point of the crawl space to begin pumping out water
Installed 160 feet of drainage along the entire perimeter of the crawl space
Laid down a brand-new vapor barrier

Before and After Photos

Poorly installed sump pump in the wrong spot!

Longview washington crawl space clean up

Vapor barrier all removed!

Longview washington crawl space trenches

Deep and wide trenches not only last a lifetime, they take enormous amounts of water to the sump pump!

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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 !

30 Years Of Seasonal Crawl Space Flooding

The Challenge

Our Solution

Before and After Photos

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