Leaky wall crack fix in Taneytown, MD
Challenge
Ms. Kline was experiencing water entering her basement. She didn’t have a clue where the water was coming from because it was puddling right under a shelf she had in her basement. She called Fortress after Googling remedies for water in the basement. She got connected to our appointment center, who scheduled her with Richard, one of our awesome system designers.
He inspected the leaky area and asked Ms. Kline if she was okay with him moving the shelf away from the wall. She agreed, and Richard moved it out of the way. It was rotting, and the wood was so soft due to sitting in water for so long. However, behind the shelf revealed a long vertical crack in her concrete foundation wall.
Solution
Donny, our service technician, came out to assess the crack and applied our FlexiSpan method. FlexiSpan is a three-part, permanent basement wall crack repair system that uses a flexible sealant and foam strip to bridge cracks and channel water into a drainage system. It stays bonded to the concrete, allowing for wall movement of up to about an inch without re-cracking. This will fix Ms. Kline’s leak and will ultimately help raise the value of the home since she took care of the problem professionally, and it’s warrantied!
