Thank you, Indiana Foundation Service!!

As Lindsay pointed out in her last post, we want to give a special thank you to Indiana Foundation Service.  Having been in the restoration and remediation field for as long as I have, I have certainly encountered these folks before and have always been impressed with their work. They can handle any foundation issue, whether on a basement or crawlspace and have the right tools and materials to solve any water problem. Above is a picture of the volunteer crew that showed up on a Saturday. Another group of guys came out the previous day to get things started. There are 11 volunteers in the picture, and the 12th man taking the photo is the General Manager, John, who got the whole ball rolling on our behalf. My father-in-law and I are the two on the right in the front row. 

The drainage system that was installed was the Water Guard Below-Floor French Drain System. A portion of the basement floor is cut out around the perimeter and the drainage system is installed underneath - pictured here. Click above link to learn more.

The volunteers were so many that we actually carried too many buckets of gravel into the basement before realizing it. We ended up hauling some out. The "left-over" gravel was thrown in the "driveway", much to my delight as we are a little shy on gravel!

The drainage system collects water from the perimeter and takes it to the newly installed sump pump. The sump pump system that was installed is a wonderful system that IFS offers. It's their TripleSafe Sump Pump System which has two primary sump pumps and a battery backup with an alarm. The main pump and the backup pump have independent lines leading outside. It's a pretty sweet set up. It looks like this:

Several areas of the basement had no concrete when we bought the house. The guys were nice enough to fill in a lot of these gaps with a layer of concrete, which makes things a lot less messy. Really a top notch group of people! Thank you so much Indiana Foundation Services! We really appreciate you guys!

I also want to say thanks to my brother-in-law, Luke, for purchasing the materials to do the job - what a gift!

Stay tuned for another update soon. We had lots of fun this past week installing ducts, exhaust fans and hanging more drywall. Thank you to all who have been so generous to help. As Lindsay stated in her last post, it's hard not to see the Lord using people to help us out. It is amazing what He can do!

-Brian