Defending Englewood Cliffs, NJ Homes with Long-Lasting Foundation Repair and Basement Waterproofing
Englewood Cliffs, NJ’s Best Contractor in Basement Waterproofing, Crawl Space Encapsulation, and Foundation Repair
Moldy crawl spaces, flooded basements, basement walls that have started to bow inward—all these stressful home scenarios have one thing in common: water.
Water is essential in life, but when it gets into places where it doesn’t belong, it can lead to problems. Crawl spaces and basements with excess moisture become prime breeding grounds for health risks such as mold and other allergens like dust mites. Meanwhile, that same moisture causes structural problems caused by wood rot and even termites.
Blue Umbrella Waterproofing is the premier provider of basement waterproofing, foundation repair, and crawl space encapsulation services in Englewood Cliffs, NJ. Blue Umbrella has the solution for you, whether you need to reinforce a shearing CMU basement wall, seal a crawl space, or install a new basement waterproofing system!
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Your Englewood Home Deserves Quality Solutions!
Your home deserves quality solutions that are durable, high-grade, and last for many years. Unfortunately, not all contractors are alike, and many opt to use cheaper materials and products to help their bottom line. But that doesn’t serve your best interests or that of your home.
Blue Umbrella Waterproofing is committed to using only world-class products and materials to protect your home. For example, our vapor barriers are 14-mil thick and exceed ASTM E-1745 requirements. That’s more than twice the required toughness of 6-mil vapor barriers.
What’s more, we offer a patented foundation repair solution from Fortress Stabilization Systems: the InvisiBeam, which utilizes a carbon-Kevlar strap that’s even been used for huge projects such as bridges and seawalls. And now we can bring that incredible strength and support to your Englewood Cliffs home!
When you need an Englewood Cliffs, NJ, contractor who doesn’t cut corners, you can always count on Blue Umbrella!
The Leading Basement Waterproofing Company Serving Englewood Cliffs, NJ
It all begins with rain. If water reaches your foundation and builds up, it creates hydrostatic pressure–water pressure that builds against the foundation wall. Even if there isn’t a crack for water to leak through, this immense pressure can still push water through the basement cove, leading to puddles that evaporate and add to the moisture in your basement.
When your basement suffers from excess moisture for too long, wet basement problems will begin to arise:
- Mold growth
- Wood rot
- Rust in the HVAC system
- Dust mites
- Termites, ants, and other insect pests
- Efflorescence on concrete
- Excess humidity
Blue Umbrella Waterproofing offers a comprehensive basement waterproofing system for Englewood homeowners that prevents these problems. With durable drainage channels, powerful Blue Angel sump pumps, and 14-mil thick vapor barriers, outside moisture cannot invade your home. But for extra measure, Blue Umbrella also offers an Aprilaire whole-house dehumidifier and the ShipShape sump pump monitoring system!
What is Better? Interior or Exterior Basement Waterproofing?
It depends! Exterior basement waterproofing is recommended for new construction when there isn’t any landscaping, porches, or decks that would be affected yet. Otherwise, exterior methods can be disruptive. Interior basement waterproofing is ideal for those with existing homes because it is less invasive and also more affordable.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ’s Most Trusted Crawl Space Encapsulation Company
Originally, crawl spaces were made with the intention of protecting a home from the moisture of the soil below. But that didn’t quite pan out as originally designed. Instead, crawl spaces can become traps for humidity during the warm seasons, leading to the same problems that wet basements often experience.
Here are just some of the problems that an unsealed crawl space can bring to you:
- Mold growth and wood rot on your crawl space supports and floor joists
- Termites and ants making homes out of those same wooden supports
- Water damage to any utilities in your crawl space
- Dust mites
- Pollen
- Excess humidity
Due to the Stack Effect, much of what’s in your crawl space’s air will also be sucked up into your living space. That means any of those mold spores, pollen, dust mite particles, and icky humidity will be in the everyday air you breathe.
Blue Umbrella Waterproofing offers both crawl space encapsulation and crawl space waterproofing solutions in Englewood, ensuring that moisture cannot enter your house and harm the health of your home and living space.
How Does the Stack Effect Work?
The Stack Effect works by the thermal differences in the air in your home and crawl space. As warmer air rises, it creates a pressure difference within the house.
While warm air rises and leaves the home through its higher points, such as leaky windows, roof gaps, and skylights, that pressure difference draws cooler air through the lower points of your home, such as your crawl space.
This creates a vacuum effect where air below your house gets sucked upwards over and over, but this also means that anything in your crawl space air is also getting carried along, free to spread throughout your living space.
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Englewood Cliffs, NJ’s Top-Rated Foundation Repair Contractor
Think of your foundation as if it were your home’s legs. Like our own, your Englewood Cliffs home stands tall and stable on its foundation. But when your foundation walls start to crack, bow, or shear–it’s like hydrostatic pressure trying to trip up your home, pushing and pushing against those walls until they give way. Fortunately, there are solutions to reinforce and strengthen your walls, putting a stop to further wall movement.
Blue Umbrella Waterproofing offers industry-leading solutions in foundation repair for Englewood Cliffs homes and commercial properties.
- Fortress Stabilization Systems’ InvisiBeam: Unlike ordinary carbon fiber straps, the InvisiBeam system offers a carbon-Kevlar strap that’s used in conjunction with a top and bottom anchor, providing your foundation walls with unmatched strength and support. The InvisiBeam is ideal for foundation walls experiencing a deflection of less than 2 inches.
- Steel I-Beams: Steel I-beams are a classic solution using high-quality steel to stop further wall movement. They are perfect for foundation walls experiencing a deflection of more than 2 inches but not more than 3 inches.
With our transferable lifetime warranty, you’ll enjoy lasting peace of mind when it comes to your foundation.
What If My Foundation Wall Has a Deflection of More Than 3 Inches?
If your foundation wall has a deflection of more than 3 inches, there is a good chance that your foundation walls will need to be replaced. At Blue Umbrella Waterproofing, your safety and well-being are our top priority. We won’t offer to install steel I-beams unless we are 100% sure they will work.
Preparing Your Englewood Cliffs, NJ Home for Your Projects
At Blue Umbrella Waterproofing, we’re dedicated to ensuring that you’re comfortable with your home repair. From start to finish, you’ll have our support and guidance in preparing your home and resolving your problems. We’ll also be happy to answer any questions you have and explain our process so that you understand how we’re helping your home!
Englewood Cliffs Municipal Office
Location: 482 Hudson Terrace, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632
Telephone (201) 569-5252
Hours: M-F 9 AM - 4 PM
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Englewood Cliffs Building Department
Preparing Your Englewood Cliffs, NJ Home for Your Projects
At Blue Umbrella Waterproofing, we’re dedicated to ensuring that you’re comfortable with your home repair. From start to finish, you’ll have our support and guidance in preparing your home and resolving your problems. We’ll also be happy to answer any questions you have and explain our process so that you understand how we’re helping your home!
Plumber
Lee R. Kobb, Inc. Plumbing, Heating & Air Conditioning
151 Coolidge Ave, Englewood, NJ 07631
201-568-6269
Electrician
Lightwire Electric
96 Linwood Plaza Unit 332, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
718-865-7953
Driveway Paving Contractor
James Kurpiel Inc
19 Orchard St, Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-342-3170
Masonry Contractor
Cogan Masonry & Construction
2037 Leominster Ave, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
201-357-9863
Landscaper
JKPOH Landscaping Inc
2037 Lemoine Ave #190, Fort Lee, NJ 07024
201-831-2679
Making Your Englewood Cliffs Home Happy Again Starts with Blue Umbrella
It’s never fun to have your basement flooded or your foundation walls damaged. If your house could, it’d probably be feeling sad, too. But whether it’s wet basement problems, a damp crawl space issue, or a foundation wall that’s giving way to hydrostatic pressure, it’s important to have these problems fixed before they get worse and become more costly to repair.
Blue Umbrella Waterproofing is not just another basement waterproofing and foundation repair contractor. Along with our industry-leading solutions, such as the InvisiBeam, we pride ourselves on getting the job done right every time. We proudly stand behind our work with our transferable lifetime warranty.
Don’t let water intrusion ruin you and your house. Call Blue Umbrella Waterproofing for a free inspection and estimate. Before you know it, we’ll have your Englewood home safe, dry, and healthy again!
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