Basement waterproofing, the honest approach unlike the interior drainage system scams

[rbleich (Richard Bleich)]

Great stuff as always Mark. @bgromicko1 should hire you for educational webinars on Inspecting foundations for moisture intrusion and Identifying inferior waterproofing systems. It could help inspectors avoid pitfalls such as this one in your backyard…

Drain missing? egress stairs

Hello everyone, I am in a conundrum here, I did a home inspection for a family member and shortly after he moved in there was water coming into the basement, particularly at the egress stairs. The defect in question is should I have called out that there was no drainage system for the egress stairs because there was an exterior door and a lip there. Water is accumulating in this area and overflowing into the basement over the threshold. This house is located in Michigan and from my quick online …