Your Wet Basement Repairs and Septic System Specialists

Underground Solutions has been solving water problems in North Bay and the surrounding areas since 2008.

We are proud to offer many references to back up our methods. Our specialties include basement waterproofing, exterior and internal weeping tiles systems, weeping tiles flushing, sump pumps and backup systems. We also offer site grading, hydrostatic relief, camera inspections, septic systems design, repair, and installations. We also provide dump truck, excavator, and skid steer services. You have problems, we have solutions.

Wet Basement Repairs

Over the years, we have spent a lot of time trying to understand how water enters basements and how to prevent them from leaking again. We have tried various methods and with years of trials and tribulations, we have taken the best out of each method and combined them into one great method we call “Our Guaranteed Method”.

It is called the guaranteed method because if you carefully follow every step of the process you will never have a flooded basement again! This method is the best for waterproofing basements. It allows you to address all your issues at once. While some contractors will solely promote repairs to be done from the inside, we strongly recommend the exterior basement waterproofing approach.

With the exterior method, because you are excavating the entire foundation wall you will be able to: repair foundation cracks, change the weeping tile, waterproof the foundation using tar, Blueskin membrane or Tremco waterproofing combined with added protection from Delta membrane. After you have completed the foundation waterproofing, and if necessary, imported new backfill, you can adjust the landscaping to ensure that water runs away.

This is also a great opportunity to repair the foundation’s gating! You will see a lot more water in your sump pumps system after you have a new weeping tiles in place. Make sure your sump pumps are operating properly. Consider installing a battery backup sump or a water backup sump to protect your main pump from power outages.

Please visit our “Wet Basement Repair” section for more details.

Septic Systems

This industry has been a passion of mine for a long time. I like the science behind wastewater treatment and it also ties in nicely with my wet basement philosophies in the sense that you have to understand water and how it behaves in order to effectively get rid of it.

We have a deep understanding of all types of septic systems, from the basic trench beds and filter systems to the more advanced tertiary systems like Ecoflo, Bionest and EnviroSeptic. For the most sensitive areas, we can also design phosphate removal septic system.

Understanding all these systems will not only allow us to effectively service them but it also gives us more options when designing a system to best suit your environment.

In addition to system designing, we take pride in all your other septic system needs: septic tank pumping, septic tank cleaning, septic tank filter cleaning, sewage pump and effluent pump maintenance, distribution box adjustments (if equipped) as well as complete system inspections, if you are wondering how well the system is performing.

We offer septic system installation and repairs as well as septic system design and repair. We can install either concrete or plastic septic tanks if you require a new one. Although I recommend concrete tanks, sometimes you need a plastic tank. When that happens, we use the toughest tanks in the industry, Roth!

These bullet proof tanks are manufactured by Roth Global Plastics which in my opinion are the toughest tank you will find. We can provide you with the drain field (also known as septic bed, or leaching field) that you require.

We follow the Ontario Building Code, and often exceed their requirements. We understand what it takes to install a system that will last many many years and the big reason for this is because we’ve inspected many systems over the years and we’ve seen a pattern of mistakes that installers or homeowners are making.

Many installations have not followed the installation guidelines, which has led to system failures or premature failure of expensive investments. Underground Solutions can help you with all your septic system problems!

Call us today for a free consultation.