Great Lake's Innovative Waterproofing

For over 48 years, Great Lake's Innovative Waterproofing has been setting the waterproofing standards around the Midwest, specializing in exterior foundation waterproofing, stopping water outside of your basement for Real Waterproofing!

Why use Innovative Waterproofing from Great Lakes Waterproofing?

New foundation waterproofing

New construction includes excavating for the footings and getting the ground level.  Unfortunately when we backfill the voids, the ground around the foundation is left very porous which eventually will fill with water.


Over time, especially in the Midwest, the freeze/thaw cycle pushes against your foundation creating cracking.  With enough water, you'll have a direct entry point into your basement.


We call this area the bowl, it holds water in and when there's enough of it, the water pressure pushes it through your walls.  Waterproofing this area is the best way to stop wet basements.

Great Lake's Innovative Waterproofing Since 1978

Exterior Innovative Waterproofing using bentonite panels

From 1965, these Innovative Waterproofers were using bentonite panels screwed onto the new foundation.


Bentonite will swell with water and space filling voids and water pathways.  All-natural bentonite will not degrade under normal conditions making it one of the best exterior waterproofing methods.


Great Lake's Innovative Waterproofing Methods have helped exploded the growth of this type of foundation waterproofing.  Using custom designed and engineered tanks, mixers and pumps, we provide an all-around solution, all around your foundation!

THE LONGEVITY OF BENTONITE WATERPROOFING

Bentonite commercial waterproofing has been used successfully for more than 60 years and has proven not to be susceptible to long-term chemical or biological degradation in typical groundwater conditions. With respect to the bentonite component, this mineral is tens of millions of years old and will not undergo any structural changes under normal conditions of environmental exposure. 


Biological degradation is not possible because bentonite is an inorganic mineral of no nutritional value to microorganisms. With regards to chemical degradation, CETCO (one of the manufacturers) treats the sodium bentonite with chemical additives to resist chemical degradation. 


And for quality assurance CETCO performs a laboratory test on actual site groundwater to assess and confirm the suitability of the product for the specific site conditions


Bentonite is one of the most innovative waterproofing products available.  With several manufacturers, some are pushing the envelop of product development while others are providing a known formulation for specific appliations.

Innovative Waterproofing Projects

Waterproofing exterior wall with innovative bentonite

Great Lake's Innovative Waterproofing Process has gone through many updates through the years.  With over 48 years of experience we've seen a lot of different wet basement conditions.


While Volclay Panels shown in the 1965 photo can still be found, now we use flexible bentonite membranes that come in many different types for different applications but all have bentonite one of the highest rated waterproofing materials.


Basements and foundations will not quit leaking, Innovative Waterproofing from Great Lakes Waterproofing will continue to advance meeting the challenge of extreme weather conditions and old foundations.

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