Do you have water coming up in the center of your basement floor? There is a solution to this common basement issue.
Generally the cause of water entering through the center of your basement floor is hydrostatic pressure. The pressure in the soil surrounding your home's foundation will build up, causing the water to inch upwards into your home.
Our crew was on-site in a customer's home last week working in a basement that had water coming up through areas in the middle of the floor and along the sides of the wall. We installed an underground center trench in their basement floor to solve the leakage problems.
The underground center trench is similar to the UG-18 Drain Tile System. A center trench is dug through the basement floor and then drain tile is installed. Through the drain tile the water is channeled to your sump pump which pumps it out of your basement!
After the system is in place a layer of cement covers it all. And your basement is finished! And Dry!
The perimeter drain ("French drain") is installed along the edges of your basement floor next to walls, whereas the center trench runs through the middle of your basement floor. Both are designed to channel water through them to the sump pump, where the water is then pumped out of the house.
