Basement waterproofing and crawl space encapsulation in Middletown, KY

Homes in Middletown

Walkout basements, hillside lots and the water that runs downhill toward them

Around Middletown's historic main street are newer neighborhoods like Lake Forest, Douglass Hills and the subdivisions off Old Henry Road, built on the rolling ground that drains toward Floyds Fork. Walkout and daylight basements are common, which means one wall is buried in a hillside and takes the full load of everything that runs down it.

Like the rest of Jefferson County, this part of town is built on clay over limestone. After a storm the clay stays wet against the foundation for days, and groundwater finds its own way through the rock underneath. In Middletown the common problems are water on the uphill side of a walkout basement, a sump that cannot keep up in spring, or a crawl space under an older home in the core that has never had a vapor barrier. Exterior intercept drains, interior drainage systems with proper sumps, and encapsulation for the crawl spaces are the fixes.