If you own a home in Belleville, Illinois, chances are your foundation sits on dense clay soil. This type of soil absorbs and holds moisture, especially after heavy rain or snowmelt. When saturated, it expands and puts pressure on your basement walls, increasing the risk of water intrusion. At Acculevel, we don’t just treat the […]
Originally posted 8/27/18, updated 11/19/20 Many homes in the Midwest have a basement under their home, as part of their foundation. These are where your HVAC unit, pipes, and other utilities live. In many cases, your laundry room may be in this area as well. But for many homeowners, that’s all they’re used for. You […]
If we’re installing a waterproofing system in your basement, you clearly have some water issues developing. It could be cracks from hydrostatic pressure, mold growth, or water intrusion. Whatever problem we’re solving, installing water drainage will be a temporary but disruptive interruption in your daily routine. Acculevel is a family-owned and operated company, and we […]
A door is an ages-old symbol of opportunity. We often reference this concept in our everyday language. We talk about getting one’s foot in the door, or how opportunity knocks at your door. There’s even an old adage alluding to this, “when one door closes, another door opens.” This symbolism probably originates with the idea […]
When you hear “basement drain tile,” what do you picture in your mind? Until I started working at Acculevel, this term made me picture a classic blue and white mosaic tile. This is 100% dead wrong, of course, because basement drain tile is actually a form of waterproofing. This is the author’s original (and entirely […]
Your home’s flooring structure plays a major role in the overall stability of your home. It’s built directly on top of your foundation, and everything else is built on top of it. The flooring structure has to span the entire length and width of your home, while staying level and still. But that flooring structure […]
Whether your concern is aesthetic or medical, you don’t want mold in your basement. It’s gross, it smells, and it can cause cold-like symptoms (if not worse). There’s a lot of conflicting information on mold removal on the internet; but that’s typical, right? Sometimes I think the internet specializes in conflicting information. Acculevel, however, specializes […]
If you know what an ice dam is, you may think we’re talking nonsense. (An ice dam is a large mass of ice that forms on your roof.) How can something on your roof damage your foundation? Stick with me, and I’ll explain! Acculevel is a family-owned and operated company that specializes in foundation repair […]
If you live in the Midwest for any amount of time, you’re familiar with the wide variety of weather that we encounter. Intense heat and heavy thunderstorms in the summer, extreme cold and blustery snows in the winter. And if you have a basement or crawl space, you’ve probably had to deal with flooding or […]
When people write about waterproofing basements or crawl spaces, they have a tendency to focus on the type of water drainage they use. There’s a lot of conversation about the drainage design, how it filters out dirt and debris, where it should be placed inside the home, what it costs per foot.... There aren’t many […]
