Permanent Waterproofing Systems That Stop Water Before It Reaches Your Home
[ 01 ] The Honest Answer
What you should know about exterior waterproofing
Keep Water Away From Your Foundation
Exterior waterproofing is designed to stop water from ever reaching your foundation walls. By addressing the problem at its source, outside the home, it prevents leaks, seepage, and the long-term hydrostatic pressure, the ongoing force of water pushing against a foundation wall, that weakens foundations over time.
Nashville's high annual rainfall and clay-dense soils create ideal conditions for groundwater buildup around basement walls. When saturated soil pushes against your foundation, water finds any path it can through cracks, joints, and porous concrete. Our exterior waterproofing system eliminates that pressure before it causes damage.
What Exterior Waterproofing Includes
- Waterproof membrane application: A durable barrier applied directly to the exterior of your foundation wall to block water penetration
- French drain installation: Perforated pipe placed at the footing to capture groundwater and redirect it away from the structure
- Grading and backfill restoration: Proper soil composition and slope to channel surface runoff away from the foundation
- Surface drainage improvements: Correcting downspout discharge and yard grading to reduce water volume reaching the foundation
Our Exterior Waterproofing Process
We begin with a full site inspection to locate foundation cracks, drainage failures, and soil conditions that allow water buildup. Our crew then carefully excavates around the perimeter, exposes the exterior wall for cleaning and preparation, applies the waterproof membrane, installs drainage systems, and restores the site with proper backfill and grading. Most residential installations are completed efficiently with minimal long-term disruption to landscaping.
If you are seeing water entering your basement after heavy rain, experiencing foundation leaks, or dealing with persistent soil saturation around your home, call us at (615) 880-6449 for a free inspection.
[ 02 ] How It Works
What to expect, start to finish
Site Inspection and Assessment
We perform a full property inspection to locate foundation cracks, drainage failures, and soil conditions that allow water buildup or pressure against basement walls.
Excavation and Wall Preparation
Our team carefully excavates around your foundation, exposing exterior walls for detailed cleaning, repairs, and preparation to ensure a strong bond for waterproofing materials.
Membrane and Drain Installation
We apply a durable exterior waterproofing membrane and install French or footing drains to capture groundwater, redirect moisture, and protect your foundation from leaks.
Backfill and Surface Grading
Once waterproofing is complete, we backfill with proper soil composition, restore surface grading, and slope landscaping away from your foundation to maintain effective drainage.
Exterior waterproofing is the most comprehensive way to protect a basement because you are stopping water before it ever contacts the wall. Interior systems manage water that gets in, exterior systems prevent it from getting that far.
[ 03 ] Why Ground Up
The difference is in the diagnosis
Get several quotes and you'll see a wide range of prices. The gap isn't luck. It's whether the contractor finds the actual cause and stands behind the work.
- In-house certified crews: we never subcontract your repair
- Optional independent third-party engineer review on larger jobs
- Honest three-tier triage: we tell you what can wait, in writing
- Family owned from the same Shelbyville Highway address since 2009
Exterior Waterproofing questions
Where we work
Headquartered in Murfreesboro,
serving Middle Tennessee
From red-clay Rutherford County soil to Nashville’s high water tables and Cookeville’s karst limestone, we know the ground beneath your home.
Also serving: La Vergne, Hendersonville, Gallatin, Lebanon, Clarksville, Tullahoma, Nolensville, Antioch + 100 more cities →
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