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Water coming in where your basement floor meets the wall? Our French drain installation catches the water at the footing and pumps it out of your house — before it ever reaches your floor.
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Book My Free InspectionHow water gets into your basement: water seeps through block foundation walls and wall cracks, hydrostatic pressure pushes groundwater up through cracks in the floor and the floor-wall joint, and a high water table after heavy rain makes basement leaks worse. An interior French drain collects groundwater near the footing and directs it to a sump pump.
Keeping gutters clear, extending downspouts and grading soil away from the house can reduce water around your foundation. These steps are worth checking when a basement leaks.
When groundwater continues entering at the floor-wall joint or through block walls, an interior French drain can collect that water and direct it to a sump pump.
We inspect where the water is entering before recommending a system, so your estimate addresses your basement's conditions.
After heavy rain, the soil around your foundation fills with water and pushes against the walls and floor. That force is called hydrostatic pressure, and it squeezes water through the joint where your floor meets the wall. An interior French drain — also called a perimeter drain or interior drain tile — relieves that pressure and gives the water somewhere to go.
A perforated drain pipe sits in clean, washed stone below the floor, right beside your foundation footing, all along the walls.
Weep holes let water trapped inside block walls drain down into the system, and drainage board guides wall water into the stone.
The pipe is pitched to a sump pit. The sump pump sends the water out of the house, away from your foundation.
Examples from our New Jersey projects: water damage, installation in progress, and a finished sump installation.
Every photo below is from an actual Effective Basement Solutions job.
We cut and remove the concrete along your foundation walls and dig down to expose the footing, where water enters.
On block walls we drill weep holes so water trapped inside the wall drains into the trench instead of building up.
Perforated pipe is laid with a steady pitch toward the sump pit and bedded in clean, washed stone so water flows freely.
Drainage board at the base of the wall guides water into the drain, and a vapor barrier goes over the stone before concrete.
The drain connects to a sump pit and pump, with a discharge line that carries the water outside and away from the house.
We pour new concrete over the system, finish it flush with your floor, and leave your basement clean.
Interior French drains are priced mainly by the linear foot — how much of your basement wall needs drainage. What else affects the price:
Every basement is different, so we measure yours and give you a free estimate — no guessing, no pressure.
We'll inspect your basement, find where the water is coming in, measure the run, and give you an estimate.
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No subcontractors, ever. The same local company that quotes your job installs it and stands behind it. About us.
Every French drain we install comes with our 30-year limited, transferable warranty. Sell your home, and the protection goes with it.
Licensed and insured in New Jersey. License #13VH06363800.
Our French drain installation NJ crews work in Union, Essex, Morris, Somerset, Middlesex and Bergen counties, including:
It's a perforated drain pipe set in washed stone below your basement floor, along the inside of your foundation walls. It collects the water that would push through the floor-wall joint and carries it to a sump pump that pumps it outside.
For water coming in at the floor-wall joint, an interior French drain is usually the most direct and cost-effective fix, because it relieves the water pressure right where it enters. We'll tell you honestly what your basement needs after we inspect it.
Yes. The drain carries water to a sump pit, and the sump pump moves it out of the house. Many homeowners add a battery backup so the system keeps working in a power outage.
Yes. We open only the strip of floor along the walls where the drain goes. Let us know about finished walls, flooring or built-ins during the inspection so we can plan around them.
A properly installed interior French drain lasts for decades. Proper pitch to the pump and clean washed stone keep it flowing, and every system we install is backed by our transferable warranty.
It depends on how many feet of drain your basement needs and what's in the way. You'll get a clear timeline with your estimate.
We contain the dust as we work and do a full cleanup when we finish.
It's priced mainly by the linear foot, plus the sump pit, pump and discharge. Every basement is different, so we give you a free estimate after we see it. Call 1-800-957-0075.
Tell us about your basement. We'll call to arrange a visit, assess the water entry points, and provide a free estimate.
