Basement waterproofing in Crescent Hill, Louisville, KY

Homes in Crescent Hill

Hillside lots, old foundations and water that runs downhill through the neighborhood

Crescent Hill sits on the rise between Frankfort Avenue and Brownsboro Road, above the Middle Fork of Beargrass Creek, with the reservoir at the top. Its bungalows, four-squares and Tudors from the 1900s to the 1930s have brick and stone basements, and the streets that slope toward the creek and toward Clifton carry a lot of water past a lot of foundations.

The ground under Louisville is dense clay on top of limestone. Clay drains slowly, so it stays saturated against a foundation long after the rain stops, and water moves through the limestone below along paths nobody can see from the yard. The common problems are seepage through old walls, water at the floor joint on the uphill side of sloped lots, and basements that have been finished over damp walls and are growing mold behind the drywall. Interior drainage with a wall membrane and a sealed sump is the fix for the basements; intercept drains and buried downspouts handle the hill.