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ObviousGazelle t1_jauawr3 wrote

Water proofing companies are scam artists selling minimum work and made up scenarios for maximum dollar effect.

You need a licensed and heavily researched and vetted general contractor.

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ObviousGazelle t1_jaud3vv wrote

I would talk to people here or related Baltimore subs about good experiences because they are few and far between and Baltimore is full of crooks in the home repair business.

Get 3 blind quotes to compare.

NEVER PAY IN FULL UP FRONT

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TabooPhantasy t1_jauidha wrote

We went with Bel Air Waterproofing.

They came and looked around the inside and outside of the house and recommended a few alternatives to a basement waterproofing. Basically, for less than half the cost of what we expected them to do (waterproofing the basement, installing a french drain, whatever), they fixed up our gutter downspouts, regraded the soil around the house, and installed some additional drainage on the property all without damaging any of our bushes.

The guy we worked with was really helpful and gave us fantastic service. This was right at the start of COVID in 2020 and we haven't had water in the basement since.

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The_Waxies_Dargle t1_javnjxo wrote

Just a heads up, we addressed our leaky basement by replacing our roof. It would have been really hard to see those two things as connected, but they were.

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Ybotrunner1 t1_jb2i06h wrote

Replying to NotARageComic (#2,160,421)

To be specific. Most of my basement rainwater comes from my roof. We had a birds nest up there blocking the gutters. This caused the water to spill over and get into the basement. Once we fixed that no more water in the basement. Something to quickly check!

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