Basement waterproofing and crawl space repair in New Albany, IN

Homes in New Albany

Stone cellars, hillside springs and a floodwall between the town and the river

New Albany has a deep stock of nineteenth-century housing: the mansions along Main Street, the shotguns and cottages of the east and west ends, and the 1920s and 30s bungalows toward Silver Hills, nearly all on stone, brick or early block foundations with cellars. Behind the town the Knobs rise steeply, and the hillside neighborhoods deal with springs and seeps that never stop.

Near the Ohio the water table rises and falls with the river. Basements and crawl spaces that are fine in August can have standing water in March, and a sump has to be sized for the spring, not the summer. In New Albany we line and drain old cellars that seep every spring, capture hillside water before it reaches the foundation, and encapsulate crawl spaces under the bungalows and additions. Exterior waterproofing where an old wall is failing and the yard allows it; interior drainage and membranes for the rest.