Basement waterproofing and crawl space repair in Shelbyville, KY

Homes in Shelbyville

Stone cellars downtown, crawl spaces in the subdivisions, and a creek through the middle

Shelbyville's historic district along Main Street and Washington Street is full of brick homes from the 1800s and early 1900s sitting on stone and brick foundations with cellars that seep every spring. Clear Creek and its branches drain the town, and the neighborhoods that have grown on the east and west sides along US 60 and around I-64 since the 1980s are mostly on crawl spaces and slabs on the county's clay.

Most lots here sit on dense clay that drains slowly. After a hard rain the soil stays saturated against the foundation for days, and the water looks for the easiest way in. The common problems are seepage and efflorescence on old cellar walls, cracks in poured and block foundations that let water in, and damp vented crawl spaces under the newer houses. Interior drainage and wall membranes for the cellars, crack repair where the crack is the way in, and encapsulation for the crawl spaces.