Victor Barke's Complete Basement Systems Before & After Photos

This customer was interested in our CleanSpace vapor barrier system. This system prevents the negative effects of a dirt crawl space such as insects and critters, cold floors on the main level and high humidity and condensation. The CleanSpace system isolates your house from the ground promoting a healthier and more heat efficient home.

This Pipestone, MN home has a crawl space underneath it. After showing the homeowner the benefits sealing his dirt crawl space can add to a home, he realized just what had to be done.

A crawl space that has exposed soil such as dirt, allows for those water vapors to transmit to the rest of your home causing mold, moisture, wood rot and insects. The CleanSpace Encapsulation System with Drainage Matting is the answer to eliminate all of that to protect your home. 

Randy F. of Canby, MN was in the middle of a home remodel project and the timing was perfect to attend an area Home Show in Marshall, MN.  Speaking with Nate Barke at the Home Show about services we provide to get the basement ready for finishing.

Randy really liked the EverLast Basement Windows, his current windows were drafty, old and not so nice looking.  Our EverLast Basement Windows are smooth operating, sliding windows with a screen. The windows are crystal-clear, double thermal-pane glass, so they are energy efficient. When unlocked, both panes come right out of the frame very easily so you can clean them, or pass objects through like ladders and long boards.

By the end of the project, Randy was impressed with the installation crew and loved that we are a company that stands behind our work after delivering a quality product. 

This homeowner had a block wall in the basement that was bowing quite severely. Bowing walls are caused by hydrostatic pressure and expansive soils on the outside of your foundation. When the clay soil around your home absorbs water, it expands and pushes against the foundation. It's important to stop the wall from bowing or leaning any further. If this homeowner would have waited much longer, the wall could have collapsed and caused irreparable damage to the structure of his home.

We installed our PowerBrace Wall Support System is designed to stabilize failing basement walls and provide the potential to straighten walls over time with regular tightening. This system requires NO outside excavation. The system we installed in this home was done in one day!

Let us know if you have bowing or leaning walls that you would like a solution for. Our PowerBrace System might be right for you!

Matt from Ortonville needed help with his dirt crawlspace that had a musty smell coming from it. Our Design Specialist, Chris Scharmer, met with him and found a solution to his problem.  Our CleanSpace prevents excess moisture in a dirt-floored crawl space that could cause mold and a musty smell. Along with SaniDry Sedona dehumidifier it will eliminate damp, musty odors in the crawl space by drying and filtering the air. The SmartSump Crawl Space Sump Pump protects vulnerable crawl spaces by combining an intelligent WaterWatch alarm system with a sump pump that's specifically designed for crawl spaces.