Cleaning up Wet Basements One House at A Time

2012-04-24T02:20:39Z

By Joanne Saunders

Wasaga Beach resident, Greg Nikolopoulos, could prove to be your best friend if you have leaky, wet or mouldy areas in your basement or crawlspace. His company, Canadian Wet Basement Solutions, has hundreds of testimonials to verify its claim of offering a truly Canadian basement waterproofing system designed for your Ontario home.

Over the past 12 years, this company has become a leader in basement waterproofing with its 100 percent guaranteed Foundation Guard process. Foundation Guard is the only de-watering system specifically designed to meet all Canadian Building Codes.

Greg has 17 years experience in the waterproofing field. He invites you to call Canadian Wet Basement Solutions any time and he will glad to answer all your questions, pay you a visit and give you a free written estimate.

Greg describes the feeling many people have told him they get when they wake up to a wet basement. “Your heart begins to race and you feel sick to your stomach as you contemplate what needs to be done and what it will cost. You start to think what a monumental task it will be to dig up the outside of your house to waterproof your basement.”

“Well,” he says, “you can stop right there. Our unique Foundation Guard system will keep you dry for life with no digging!’

“We don’t pressure you,” says Greg. “We don’t haggle with you. We don’t give you fancy brochures telling you why our most expensive products are what you need. We don’t give you a low quote and then try to talk you into spending more.

We are there for one purpose…to fix your problem while giving you the best possible service at the best possible price.”

Canadian Wet Basement Solutions de-waters more than 500 basements and crawl spaces in Ontario every year. The company’s wet basement waterproofing experts understand the unique challenges facing Ontario homeowners when it comes to frustrating, recurring leaks, dampness and mould.

When your waterproofing is completed, your basement will be dry and mould free. The entire basement is sanitized to rid it of any mould that may have been lurking there previously and to banish any moisture or musty odour for good. You can be assured that it will never return.

Customers can relax in complete confidence that all work is backed by a written guarantee. The guarantee is also transferable to a new owner, should you sell your home.

Greg encourages you to find out what his customers have to say about the positive experience they have had with his company’s basement waterproofing service. Then you will be confident in joining the happy customers now experiencing permanently dry basements in Ontario. Call today for your free consultation and inspection 1-866-202-8640 or visit online at www.canadianwetbasementsolutions.com

Residents ask why water table is so high?

2010-01-29T15:56:07Z

Property owners experiencing water damage in the Bay Colony subdivision of Wasaga Beach prompted a last-minute meeting Monday night where they asked experts for answers.

At the meeting, organized by the Town of Wasaga Beach, victims of flooding had the chance to voice their concerns to council and ask questions of engineers and other experts, including representatives of the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA).

Residents in the Bay Colony subdivision, located off 45th Street, began experiencing water problems in February.

Problems worsened and last month, as more and more houses were experiencing flooding, the Bay Colony Ratepayers Association was resurrected.

President Ed Pratt said there are eight homes in the area that have flooded septic systems and two that have severe structural damage. Dozens more have flooded basements.

Some of the residents have lived in their homes for almost 40 years and say they have never experienced any flooding.

Many do not even have sump pumps, as it was not required when the homes were built, and have discovered their insurance companies will not cover the damage.

Paul Kusznirewicz lives on Wildwood Drive.

"I've lived here 20 years and never had a problem," he said.

The footings at Kusznirewicz's home are now giving way, causing structural damage.

Many of the residents in the area have hired Greg Nikolopoulos of Canadian Wet Basement Solutions.

"It's very unusual to see it like this, one by one by one," said Nikolopoulos. "It doesn't make any sense.

He said his crews are working overtime to keep up with demand and not just in Wasaga Beach.

In Clearview Township, one of his clients is pumping almost 1,200 gallons of water per hour from a house.

Experts say the problems are caused by a high water table.

"It's not an exact science," said NVCA engineering and technical services director Glenn Switzer.

He said he doesn't know what is causing the high water table but theorizes that three heavy snowfalls followed by warm cycles causing large melts could have something to do with it.

"The rate of the event allowed more water to go into the groundwater table," he said adding that a cool summer with above average rainfall didn't help.

He said Wasaga Beach is not in this alone and he is fielding calls from people all over the NVCA's territory.

Pratt and many others attending the meeting said they believe construction in the area is a factor.

Residents said water is not flowing through Trillium Creek as it should and they question the installation of the culvert at 45th Street, where Ramblewood Drive and Knox Rd. W. meet.

"There were two thunderstorms last week and I bet you one bucket of water didn't make it to Trillium Creek. The water is not leaving Bay Colony," said Pratt.

He said his main concern is for the people in the neighbourhood who cannot flush their toilets and who have been advised to boil their water because of the flooded septic systems.

Bryan and Susan McKenzie have had their lives affected by flooding.

Their home is wheelchair accessible to meet the needs of their disabled child and they have a special shower in the basement.

Bryan said he did all he could to stop the water from coming into his basement. He installed a back-up generator and got a back-up sump pump but his home still flooded.

"We can talk about it but we've got to do something immediately," said Pratt.

Mayor Cal Patterson said he will wait for staff to compile a report based on Monday night's meeting and hopes to have something back by Tuesday when council will meet next.

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