Antigonish County
Basement waterproofing in Antigonish
Coastal county town on the Northumberland Strait with a river running through it, mixing historic housing stock, university rentals, and rural properties on well and septic.
Also serving
- Antigonish Landing
- Pomquet
- Heatherton
- Lower South River
- Cape George
- Monastery
- Free on-site assessment
- Transferable lifetime warranty
- Written quote before any work starts
- Fully insured
Local conditions
Why Antigonish basements get wet
Antigonish sits on the Northumberland Strait side of the province, which gives it a meaningfully different climate from the Atlantic coast: warmer water, less severe direct storm exposure, but a longer and more variable freeze-thaw season inland.
More freeze-thaw cycles means more of the mechanism that widens foundation cracks. Water in a crack expands about nine percent when it freezes, and every cycle wedges the crack a little further open. Inland Antigonish County crosses the freezing point more often across a season than coastal Halifax does, and the cumulative effect on foundations is real.
The Rights and West rivers run through the town, and the low ground along them has correspondingly high water tables.
Housing here splits three ways. The town core has older stock on stone foundations needing repointing and drainage rather than injection. The student rental market around StFX means a high proportion of finished basements, where a dry basement is not optional. And the rural county is properties on well and septic, on large lots, which usually means exterior work is feasible and discharge routing is straightforward, provided it accounts for the septic field.
We reach Antigonish and the surrounding county on scheduled eastern routing.
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We’ll come out, find where the water is getting in, and give you a written quote. No charge, no obligation.
(902) 555-0100