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Hi,

I bought your product a couple of months ago and finished installing it in my basement about a month ago. My house is a hillside ranch built in the early fifties with no drainage on the outside and I would get water in the basement after most rains, not a lot but enough to keep us from finishing it. Over the past couple of weeks we have experienced the most rain I can remember since I bought the home, about 11 years ago. We did not get one drop of water in the basement. Not only did your product keep the basement dry, it was easy to install.

The only problem encountered was removing the old cutback (tar) that held down the vinyl tile on the floor.

Great product !

Tom Hoepf
Tiffin, OH

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It was easy to install and the parts and instructions were excellent.

Thanks,

Gordy Reed
Iron Mountain, MI

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Just to let you know my wife installed your SquidGee system all on her own! I drive a truck and was in the states at the time. She likes to handle small projects around the house when I'm away. But installing a waterproofing system is a bold undertaking for anyone. She did a great job and said you were most helpful with her questions. You make a good product and I thank you for your help.

Canadian Do-It-Yourselfer
Canada

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Two years ago I installed your system in a portion of my basement. After two years of service I've found that this product has worked very well. So well that I've just placed an order for my friend and we're going to fix his water problem also. Thanks for the wonderful product and best of all it is very inexpensive as compared to the other systems I looked at.

Regards,

Tim Palmer
York, PA

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I want to start off by saying that after I installed your system the water just disappeared. Well at least I know where it's going right to the sump instead of all over the floor.

I do have one problem though and hope you can guide me through this one. After a horrid rain which everyone got water in their basement I thought that we were home free when I didn't see anything on the floor but the sump pump was cranking away at regular intervals. The next morning there was water not a lot but enough. I thought well at least we didn't finish off the basement yet and it could have been worse. It surely would have been horrible if we didn't have your system.

Here is the problem. When I installed the system I moved the sump from the middle of the basement floor (someone's idea of a joke) and placed it in the corner of the basement. When I saw the water I thought how could that be leaking since I tested it with water and made sure the system was sealed. Well I found out that the leak was where I filled and cemented the old sump hole now I have a nice 15x15 square that has cold joints on all four sides. The water is leaking in where the old sump pit was along the joint where I poured the new concrete. So what can I do to seal this so that it does not come up there any more?

Thanks for the help

Jeff Mangels
Norwalk, Ct

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Dear Jeff,

I have been in the waterproofing business all my working life and experience has proven that water under pressure will find a way into your basement. As a professional waterproofer I would never try to seal water out with paints or glues. In your case I would trench from the old sump hole to the new sump with corrugated drain tile and drain the water to the pump, especially if you have plans for the basement.

Ken Cotten
Waterproof.com

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