For any home or building, a finished basement is a great investment. It adds extra living space to the building to be used perfectly as a game room, a study room, library, extra bedroom or even as a home theatre. A finished basement would definitely enhance your resale value and a curb appeal.

But if a basement is facing the issue of Clay Bowl Effect, can never be considered as a finished area as the backfill soil makes a very loose and unreliable foundation. This soil can never be hard-packed. It’s looser, more porous and much more absorbent of water. Additionally, such foundations are even getting victimized of the intruding of gushing water resources like springs, rivers or even the big canals or drains. If your foundation is coming in the natural path of such water, it's going to build up against the foundation making an easy way to mount into your building through basement creating leakage and seeping. Although the downspout extensions, proper grading, caulking driveway cracks or adding room addition slabs may bring the good solution as basement foundation repairing, but would only solve the problem temporarily. Ask the experts and they will explain you different types of leaks which would be mended to avoid further seepage and moisture problems.

Through the walls
 The most common leakage can be observed through the wall cracks. With seepage, these cracks will continue to deteriorate and will eventually leak. The leakage can also be caused due to cracks observed through the floor or wall joint and even on the top of the walls. It is essential to check these cracks and mend them immediately so to avoid any further damage.

Basement Wall Cracks
Check periodically, whether your basement walls are observing any tiny cracks. Although may seem tiny from inside but upon avoidance may actually become too large from outside. Water may seep in through this large exterior crack and then gets into your basement. A leaky basement, if not fixed with a proper basement waterproofing system, will lead to a plethora of repair costs and lots of fuss in future.

Improper Yard Drainage
A proper yard drainage is all essential to avoid water peeping into the lower level. An improper drainage system will allow water to pool up in low lying areas and seeps into the ground and eventually into your basement causing leakage.

Soil Settlement
Weakening of your foundation with soil settlement will be caused from excess moisture in your clay soil or from water leakage. Summer storms, cracks in plumbing equipment, blockages in drains and toilets and weakening of concrete basements could be the reason for soil settlement.

Taking a proper care on these leakages may prevent your building and basement area from getting affected from water seeping.