Waterproofing With Clay

For over 30 years Great Lakes Waterproofing has been providing one of the most exciting waterproofing methods to home and business owners. Using our exclusive technology we inject a waterproofing blend of bentonite clay under pressure into the area around the basement floor and walls. In most cases this can be done from outside with nearly no damage to the existing ground cover. Once the Hydroclay has saturated the ground and filled in voids in the soil and small cracks in the concrete walls, it begins to absorb water and solidify to a consistency similar to peanut butter providing a permanent barrier against water.

While methods such as filling cracks with mortar, applying an epoxy-base paint or a drain-tile type system help with diverting water, they all have one similar yet critical component...They still let the water through the wall before it gets stopped. The damage this causes to the wall continues as long as the water is present. Settling of the wall and mortar damage on block wall will continue requiring on-going maintenance.

Our method of waterproofing has been successful in many different applications, our blog will have case studies on several of these applications and the questions we encounter from time to time. Feel free to check out the properties of bentonite at the following Wikipedia link http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bentonite