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Why didnt they fill the blocks with concrete and rebar in the first place

You absolutely turn Engineering fun base👷

Ground works 🔥

This is a terrible fix. Stop the water touching the wall waterproof the outside and put a land drain in to take the water away from the house

Why are houses not built with the correct drainage system from the start 😮😮

Mike Rowe is older now and doesn’t have the same stamina and endurance as he did in the older shows. But hey it’s understandable because WE ALL get old

how much does it cost?

Please wear goggles. They saved so much dryness and irritation for me. Ski masks look silly but work great

I don’t do my maintenance. I’m not upgrading my crawl space for the workers who are only over once a year

seems the most important thing would be the plastic .

i wana meet mike rowe so bad, you ever did a full reno in a pest infested attic? hmu itll be free come join us for a day! Kansas City

respirator?

Those walls are done for they need to be replaced, what a half ass company

Ive done this before. Lots of work, and mess, but so rewarding to see the final product. A dry, clean, and sound usable space. Mike learned quickly that you must carry 2 buckets on the rubble out process, as he would have while carrying the wet concrete back in. Anyone who questions that has not done this kind of work or has a messed up back to show for it. Great showing of a day in the life.

You can fix it yourself. Professional only means you get paid to do it..

Why did they not dig up the wall? Raise the house a tad and put the wall back straight. Is this a cheaper solution or hows this work,

I don’t think waterproofing would be the right term in the case rather water drainage for a basement

Smart

I used to do this, Im amazed you carried 2 buckets. I didn't cause after doing that 10 times i couldn't anymore

That's such an expensive bandaid

Really disappointed to see Mike promoting this as quality work. I hope they do another video with Mike showing everyone the service calls in a few years. Trenches not dug deep enough, system installed too high and tight against the block, system ran around the furnace instead of behind it, completely covered up the block bowed out instead of repairing the huge gaps, and more. When a company installs 4’ of “vapor barrier” they are hiding the real problems from the next homeowner. They didn’t install waterproofing, they installed drains with exposed grates.

Why are houses built this way if this is going to happen? Wouldn't it be smarter, cheaper, and faster to just not install a basement?

Some of these comments assume everyone has unlimited funds “why don’t they just dig out the entire basement, jack the house up, and replace all the basement walls!”

Wall anchors do not work do not let any company install them on your home . I beams are much better

This is what I do everyday for work on Missouri my brother and I have a company for 15+ years . Interesting to see Mike do it !

Inside systems are complete scams. You have to get rid of clay soil that is holding the water, FIX THE DAMN EXTERIOR CRACKS with hydraulic cement and tremco tar! Back fill with rock! Scam

They didn’t treat the mold

Every ones is the owner but im sure if you do good work its for groundworks and if you do bad your on your own

That wall is to far gone, it needs repaired before they do there job

So spend $500 bucks so someone can pull up and turn a switch?

Lol yeah let it come in and cut a hole in the entire perimeter for a sump area to pump it out... brilliant 😅. Seal it properly because this isn't the way

Entertaining. Mike Rowe always does and excellent job. What is the typical cost for this type of work in the SF Bay Area? My floors are straight but they bounce because the floor joyces are at 48" centers (cheap late 1970s construction)

The gutter system they're installing is absolute junk!! A real trench needs to be dug with PVC pipe and cleanouts. If you go with this system, it leaves the slab sitting in water. It's NOT a good way of doing it. Covering up the wall that's falling apart in this video is pretty sad, too! This system will not last.

love the work these guys are doing, that being said this house def did not need those push piers

The video you want me to click on to check for additional help did not pop up.

what a substandard job, it needs to be fixed from the outside!! Your first job is to dig the outside down to the foundation to take the weight off the block wall, then you straighten the wall as best as you can where it's pushed inwards, you then break holes in the top of each block every three feet and fill the blocks with a wet concrete mix and hammer down some 10mm rebars. Then you clean the outside block wall and get it dry. Then you apply a basement sealer water barrier such as blueskin. Then you back fill with gravel. You can do the trench inside if necessary but my goodness..

Bless the humans who do the hard work keeping people's homes safe and secure.

what is the point of all that work when foundation is falling apart and should be redone.

15k-20k later....

I love how all these videos with these "professionals " in the videos my God you have enough room to do jumping Jack's.. by God it changes a little when you in 3 feet and you are doing this..

easiest part of the whole day let's see him prep 5 pier holes with nothing but two new guys for help lol

Benny!!!

What a great, hardworking crew! They're doing an awesome job to mitigate any future problems, I'm sure the homeowner will appreciate their work. Also, you gotta love Mike Rowe. He's witty, smart, likeable and very charismatic. He makes a great TV host.

And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27) Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7) For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13) The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit. (Psalms 34:18)

I have serious issues with my foundation. Allegedly, the previous owner had something injected under the floor. There are holes drilled into the hallway floor. How can I tell if anything was injected under the floor to level the foundation? Thank you

What’s the best way to not let this happen when the basement is first built ? This same procedure just do it while you build the basement ?

Too bad that this company rapes there fucking customers with the prices. 1300 sq ft crawl space at 43k

Fortunately, I have just normal basement and do not have to crawl like that.

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