Foundation Repair, Waterproofing & More in Council Bluffs, Iowa

There are many signs that something is structurally wrong with your home. Cracks might start appearing on the walls and ceiling. Floors may begin to feel spongy. A musty smell might permeate the house. Your doors and windows might stick. Your basement may take in water every time it rains more than a sprinkle. Regardless of if your Council Bluffs, Iowa, home needs waterproofing, foundation repair, crawl space encapsulation or one of our other services, Jerry's Waterproofing can fix it in a professional manner.

Basement Waterproofing for Council Bluffs

Basement Waterproofing in Council Bluffs, IA Water damage can be very stressful to deal with in your Council Bluffs home.

If the water is not under control, then you could be looking at many more problems than just a wet basement. When the water is not properly removed, the moisture can stay in your home. This causes mold and mildew and it also attracts insects and other pests into your home.

And this is on top of the time and expense it takes to clean up after the basement floods.

One way to deal with flooding in your home is to have a sump pump installed. This, especially when coupled with an interior drainage system that directs the water to the sump pump, conveniently gets rid of the water from coming into your Council Bluffs home.

You may also want to install a backup pump. It can do more work than a single pump can when the serious floods come in or step up if the primary pump fails. Our professionals can install a sump pump for you so that you do not have to worry when the heavy rains come. Jerry's Waterproofing can also install an interior and exterior drainage system, as well as crawl space encapsulation. By combining these systems, you can effectively protect your home from moisture.

Jerry's Waterproofing also offers an exterior waterproofing options to go along with the sump pumps and other interior waterproofing solutions.

This way we can implement the solution that best fits your home and water problems and not just go to the same default regardless of the circumstances.

Foundation Repair in Council Bluffs

Foundation Repair in Council Bluffs, IA Foundation problems don't only show up around your home's foundation. When foundation problems exist, they can impact the entire house from top to bottom.

Among the common problems caused by foundation issues are:

Slab floor cracks
Wall cracks
Sloping floors
Sticking doors and windows
Porches pulling away from the house
Slanting chimneys

If you begin to notice these problems, call Jerry's Waterproofing for a free estimate. We can determine what is causing the foundation problems and prescribe a foundation repair solution that will keep your foundation from inflicting even more serious problems on the rest of the house.

We use the following methods to repair issues with the foundation or with the related problem of bowing or buckling basement walls.

Steel Push Piers - These are driven into the ground underneath the foundation to support sinking concrete and lift the structure.
Helical Piers - While these work in much the same way as steel piers, they are screwed into the ground instead of driven in because they have helical plates.
Wall Plate Anchors - These attach the basement wall to an adjacent anchor in the soil, pulling the bowing or leaning wall back into place.
Helical Tiebacks - Tiebacks are installed horizontally through leaning basement walls and work like helical piers flipped on their sides to pull the wall straight and stabilize it going forward.

These devices, from Earth Contact Products (ECP) can help you keep your foundation from suffering typical foundation problems, like sloped floors and foundation cracks.

Radon Mitigation & Testing Services for the Council Bluffs Area

Jerry's Waterproofing offers radon testing and radon mitigation for homes in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Most homeowners aren't aware of radon issues in their home because they have never heard of this deadly gas. Radon can enter your home through holes, such as mortar joints, sump pumps without lids, drain tiles, and even floor/wall cracks. If you have high levels of radon, we can lower the gas levels by collecting and expelling it from your home.

Crawl Space Encapsulation

Whether your crawl space has flooding, standing water or simply too much humidity, moisture can wreak havoc on your crawl space.

Problems it can cause include:

Mold and Mildew:Mold spores won't stay in the crawl space either. They are likely to circulate through your house where they can cause respiratory problems, especially in people with asthma or other pre-existing conditions.
Wood Rot: Wood rot can be a serious problem in crawl spaces, especially when it impacts structural beams and floor joists. This can cause everything from leaning or spongy floors to serious structural problems.
Pest Infestations: While the reasons vary from water being available to drink to attraction to the smell of rotting wood, damp crawl spaces can attract everything from termites to rodents.

The key is a crawl space waterproofing plan that includes crawl space encapsulation.

With crawl space encapsulation, a tear-resistant vapor barrier is installed on all walls and the floor of the crawl space in order to inhibit the flow of moisture into the crawl space. Crawl space vents are also sealed.

With crawl space encapsulation, potentially along with other crawl space waterproofing work, your crawl space can stay dry. And a dry crawl space is a healthy crawl space.

Crawl Space Repair

If wood rot or other issues have weakened your home's beams or floor joists, or the piers holding them up in the crawl space, it is going to cause structural problems.

Whether the beams simply need additional support from piers or crawl space jacks or they require complete replacement, call Jerry's Waterproofing to get your crawl space problems solved.

Egress Window Installation

An egress window is simply a window that is large enough and located close enough to the floor for someone to escape out of in case of emergency. Many bedroom windows fit that definition.

Things become trickier in basements, however, for basement windows.

Whether you are putting a bedroom in the basement and are required by code to have one or you simply want a basement egress window as a safety measure for your family, Jerry's can help.

We can install the window along with the window well and a cover to keep the well clear of debris.

Bowing Wall Repair

Have you noticed a horizontal crack in your basement wall? Is the wall pushing in at the crack point? If so, you have a bowing wall.

Bowing walls are usually caused by pressure being exerted by the soil around your foundation or basement walls upon the walls. When this pressure gets too great, the wall will begin to bow inward, with a crack forming at the point where it is most bowed.

At Jerry's Waterproofing, we are experts in several forms of bowing wall repair, from plate anchors to helical tiebacks to carbon fiber straps.

Each of these has its advantages, and being able to offer all of them allows us to best tailor the repair to your specific home and the degree of damage to the wall.