Basement waterproofing and crawl space encapsulation in Crestwood, KY

Homes in Crestwood

Walkout basements on rolling lots, and roof water with a long way to go

Crestwood along Highway 22 and Highway 146 is mostly newer neighborhoods on large lots, with Pewee Valley's older Victorian homes next door. The ground rolls toward Floyds Fork and its branches, which is why so many Crestwood houses have walkout or daylight basements: one wall buried in the hill, the opposite wall at grade. That buried wall takes everything the yard sends downhill.

The soil here is heavy clay, like most of the ground around Louisville. Clay drains slowly, so it holds water against a foundation for days after a storm. In a Crestwood walkout basement the problem to look for is water at the base of the buried wall after a hard rain, a sump running constantly in spring, or a finished basement with a damp corner nobody can explain. Intercept French drains uphill, interior drainage along the affected wall, buried downspout extensions and a properly sized sump with a battery backup are the usual system.