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BASEBOARD AQUA ROUTE®

The Baseboard Aqua Route® was developed by Basement Technologies to address specialty floors with very thick, fiber reinforced, rebar or monolithically poured floors. The Baseboard Aqua Route® works very well as long as there are no leaking floor cracks or holes in the middle of the floor. If there are minor cracks, special operation for installation can fix these. The majority of basement water seepage comes from the floor wall joint. This is due to the water pressure in the over all dig area outside of the foundation walls. Water in this over area dig area creates pressure where the foundation footing meets the foundation wall. Water seeks the least point of resistance and therefore will come  in on the joint over the footing and under the foundation wall and then straight up where the floor meets the wall. This is particularly true if there are no floor cracks or penetration in the cement floor in the basement.
The Baseboard Aqua Route® is made out of a ridged polyvinyl chloride colored gray to match the concrete on the floor and the foundation wall. A special two-part epoxy is applied to the bottom of Baseboard Aqua Route® to secure permanently to the concrete floor. This seal is guaranteed for the life time of the structure and is transferable upon sale. The preparation process is critical; scarfiring the concrete and then sanitizing the floor makes the epoxy  seal virtually imposible to penetrate. Holes are drilled at the floor wall joint. If it is a poured foundation wall, holes are drilled through the foundation at a 45-degree angle downward to the footing. These holes allow the water, that is coming in over the footing, to move upward into the back of the Baseboard Aqua Route® acting similar to a roof "gutter" to remove the water into the Baseboard Aqua Route® towards the pump. If there is a block wall, holes are drilled directly into the block. Special connector adhere each 8ft. Piece of the Baseboard Aqua Route® together, inside and outside corners are cut and then 1-1/2" PVC is used to drain from the Baseboard Aqua Route® into the water grabber® Bull Dog™.