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Speaker 1 (01:01):
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Speaker 3 (01:14):
Back in it, we go at home with Gary Sulvan. Time.
Speaker 5 (01:17):
Do you talk to our friend James Bagley He is
with ever Dry and Uh, we're going to talk about
eliminating the worry that you have when you have a
basement that's leaking, or when you're going to try and
sell a house and you know it's leaked before and.
Speaker 3 (01:34):
You know it.
Speaker 5 (01:35):
You know, we tried to patch it but didn't really
work type of deal and then having a deal shuddered
because it had a league basement.
Speaker 3 (01:46):
So James Begley with ever Dry. Welcome. You're at home
with Gary Salvan once again. How are you hey?
Speaker 6 (01:53):
I'm great, Gary. How are you doing today?
Speaker 3 (01:55):
Doing wonderful? I gotta tell you. Have you noticed it's
been wet this year? Oh?
Speaker 6 (02:03):
Yeah, I've noticed, and it's been a it's been a
fun exciting year here, you know, for for business and
also knowing that we're able to help so many homeowners
out with you know, getting that healthy home that they
that they deserve.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Yeah, I tell you a friend of mine that I
gave you his name, and he had ever Dry come
out and do. He is so thrilled and so happy,
and he couldn't talk enough to me about your crews
and how helpful they were because it's a big project
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and you know, somebody checking on him. He was absolutely thrilled, James,
which is one of the reasons I recommended he call.
Speaker 6 (02:43):
You, absolutely And you know that's why you send send
those referrals our way, because you know what homeowners are
getting Gary, and you know with our process with you know,
the workers on the job site, you know they're supervisors.
We do in progress calls to talk to the homeowners
to make sure that we're meeting their expectations. We call
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them when the job's done. We also go back out
and do an inspection afterwards again to make sure that
you know, everything met what they were promised during the
you know, the foundation specialist visit.
Speaker 5 (03:15):
Yeah, yep, none of you guys do it right. So
those that are not familiar with ever Dry tell us
a little bit about Everdrye. How long you guys been around.
You're probably the grandfather of the waterproofing business in the
greater Cincinnati area, that's for sure.
Speaker 6 (03:34):
Absolutely. So you know, we've been around the Tri state
area here for forty one going on forty one years,
and just low recently we started taking over the Louisville
and Lexington market about two and a half years ago.
So now we go from you know, Springfield down to
Lexington down to Louisville. We got we cover a lot
of area here, So forty one years, there's a lot
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of a long time. And yes, we are the name
of the game when it comes to basement waterproofing.
Speaker 3 (04:00):
So is there anything we can do well? I don't
know if the rain's letting up.
Speaker 5 (04:05):
I looked at this week's forecast, it was like rain Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.
Speaker 3 (04:10):
Once again.
Speaker 5 (04:13):
Is there anything homeowners can do to I don't know,
help prevent it. I guess it's really about water control,
and that's what you guys do.
Speaker 6 (04:25):
Yeah. Absolutely, And that's a very common question we get
at home shows and homeowners will call in sometimes just
asking for tips and what will gladly give them. And
one of the main things you can always do is
make sure you keep your gutters clean because you know,
when that water's not able to go into that gutter
just pours off your house and right down to your foundation,
you know, having your grades sloped away from your house,
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making sure that all your water is just ran away
from the home. There you can route your down spouts
off your hill and things like that, because one way
to keep the water out of your house, Gary is
to not let it get around your house. And you know,
if you like I know, with how foundations work, that's
that's that's a great.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
Thing to do.
Speaker 5 (05:04):
So when I was talking before, I was saying, you know,
ever Drive does a system you guys offer a lifetime
warranty which is transferable to the next home or is
that true?
Speaker 6 (05:19):
Absolutely, as long as that structure is standing, that thing
can have a warranty on it there. That's one of
the one of the main you know, things people like
about our system is knowing that when they try to
sell that home, you can even put it on the
MLS site and things. I was actually on a website
the other day and I saw this house and it
said for sale and it said basement waterproof, I ever dry,
and I you know, it made me happy knowing that
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they were talking about that when they're trying to sell
the home, because I mean, you talk about peace of
mind when buying a house knowing it comes with a
lifetime warranty and the basement already waterproof. It's it's a
great feeling to have knowing you don't have to worry
about that.
Speaker 3 (05:54):
That is a big deal. That is a big deal.
Speaker 5 (05:57):
So when you do the system, I guess the first
thing you start is on the outside of the house
again with water control.
Speaker 6 (06:05):
Absolutely yeah. So so we'll dig down an inspection trench
on the outside of your home there looking for any
kind of cracks. We find any cracks, we dig those down,
steal them on the outside with a thick black mastic
tar fill that back up to that inspection trench level,
and we'll we'll put an underground drainage there for you
to direct that water away from your home.
Speaker 5 (06:26):
Man, that seems that seems like a lot right up front.
I mean, you talk about water control. If you got
that maybe grating that isn't working real well, this is
going to help that problem, that's for sure. And then
the water table. I hear more and more about that,
probably because we're having more and more deluges. The water table.
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It's it's everywhere. Right of water is underneath the ground.
And look at Venice, Italy. It comes up every day
and goes back down there. But you know, if I
got a house and I got a basement and all
of a sudden, I go out water that's coming between
the floor and the wall. Is that the ground water
is just rising above the floor level.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Yep.
Speaker 6 (07:09):
That's exactly what happens. So and then when they build
your house there, Gary, they dig a big hole. And
you know if you leave a basically a clay bowl
is what we call that. And if I if I
leave a ball outside in the rain, what's going to happen.
Speaker 3 (07:20):
To that bowl? Yep?
Speaker 6 (07:22):
And that's exactly what happens to your house. And that
that water table comes up and down, up and down
throughout the year every time it rains.
Speaker 4 (07:29):
Uh.
Speaker 6 (07:29):
You know with the groundwater and what we do on
the inside, we create a safe a safe zone there
to where that water what it can come up and down,
but it'll get into where we put our system in
the ground and it'll go to our some pump and
then get out of there.
Speaker 5 (07:43):
So so you're routing it away from the outside foundation
what's coming up, you're collecting and uh, where do you
move that.
Speaker 6 (07:53):
We run that to, you know, wherever coat allows. Sometimes
we can run to the street sometimes into you know,
existing lines that are there. Just again away from the house,
we have that go to a sump pump which also
comes with a battery backup along with that, and it
pumps it out and wherever code allows. Different cities, you know,
allow different things, but away from your home is the
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most important thing.
Speaker 5 (08:16):
What do you I know what I say, but what
do you say when a home owner's got a foundation,
it's got cracks in it and wants to know if
he can just patch that up. I know everybody wants
to taking for twenty dollars in a can, but absolutely.
Speaker 6 (08:32):
Absolutely it's it's almost like putting band aids on something
to need stitches. So you know, those cracks are there.
They start in the outside, they work their way in
with anything that water gets in there. We have thirty
forty free stall cycles a year. You know, the water
gets in there, it expands. Now you have water coming
through those cracks and you can patch them, but water
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follows the path of least resistance, and you know it's
going to find its way and water's tricky. You know,
you've had water in your basement. I've had water in
my basement. I'm pretty sure we're both waterproof, I ever dry.
You know, so we know, we know how it works,
and we know how stressful it can be, and we
know how great it feels to know that we don't
have to worry about that, right.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (09:13):
I always tell people, if you patch that crack, that's wonderful.
But when you pesch that, can you tell me where
that water's going?
Speaker 6 (09:20):
Yeah, the next to the next available spot.
Speaker 5 (09:23):
You know, what do you mean, I go, it's got
to go somewhere. Yeah, they're You're exactly right. That's in
a lot of cases just breeds another.
Speaker 6 (09:31):
Crack, that's all it does. Path of least resistance yea.
Speaker 5 (09:35):
And basements are notoriously damp anyway, aren't they. I mean,
even after their waterproof. I would imagine because I get
new homes that are damp. I mean, basements are just damp.
Speaker 6 (09:49):
Yeah, yeah, they can be. And it's because you know,
they're underground and you know, back in the back in
the day, that's where people would store all of their
their goods before they had refrigeration and lower levels, because
that's where you know, it stays the coolest. I know
in my house, it's the lower level of the home.
The basement's always the coolest spot. So yeah, it's just
because it's underground there, Yes there, And I love.
Speaker 5 (10:08):
That ever Dry incorporates the uh, the easy Breathe in
their waterproofing warranty because you know, even if you have
you could have the whole thing sealed in everything and
it's below ground, you're going to have a little musty smell.
Speaker 3 (10:25):
And that Easy.
Speaker 5 (10:26):
Breathe eliminates that and makes your home even healthier with
pollutants that we're now trapping into and that comes with
your system.
Speaker 6 (10:34):
Correct, Yes there, that is part of our pandent system there.
And you know, that thing came about because homeowners were,
you know, back in the early two thousands, late nineties,
early two thousands, home owners were saying, you know, my
basement's dry and I love it, but it still has
that basementy smell. So our you know, our company designed
the Easy Breathe and what it does is an air
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exchange unit in exchange the air in your home. It
takes care of cooking odors, pet odors. If you're a
smoke or smoke you know, there's any kind of odors
that can you know, because odors typically just fall to
the bottom of the to the bottom of the house
there and you know the moisture and all of that
as well. So absolutely, that's one of my favorite parts
of the system. And again I you know, experience with it,
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because I have one of those in the home as well,
and I absolutely love it. And you can set it
to it runs until it hits a certain amount of
humidity in your home and then it shuts off. So
it doesn't run year round. It only runs when it
needs to run. But you can turn it on, you know,
if you want to air the house out one weekend,
you know, just modify the dials on it.
Speaker 5 (11:33):
Yeah, and inexpensive to operate too. It's like two three
bucks four bucks a month.
Speaker 6 (11:41):
Sobout the cost of a light bulb?
Speaker 5 (11:43):
Yes, yeah, a lot a lot less expensive than a
do you midifier, that's for sure.
Speaker 3 (11:48):
So how long does it take you to waterproof a
regular home?
Speaker 5 (11:56):
I don't that's an unfair question, but I mean is
it a week long project or is it two weeks?
Speaker 3 (12:03):
Or generally is it a week project?
Speaker 6 (12:06):
Typically between two to five days is our our average job.
We have had bigger jobs over the years that take
a couple of weeks. But you know, those are usually
like churches and things of that nature. You're talking three
hundred four hundred feet linear foot jobs, and those are
our average jobs about one hundred and twenty one hundred
and twenty six so two to five days maximum typically,
unless you have a big giant you know, three hundred
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four hundred linear foot basement.
Speaker 5 (12:29):
Sounds to me like every home will eventually leak in
the basement.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
Is that true or no?
Speaker 6 (12:34):
You know, I always say it's not a matter of if,
it's a matter of when. You know, everything breaks down
over time and when when builders build houses, they do
put waterproofing on the walls, a little thin coat and
then they put some drainage around you know, your your
basement typically and it just breaks down. In the seventies
and eighties they had the terra cotta piping, which just
destroys over the years, and they moved to the perforated
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tile in the eighties and nineties and two thousands and
house settling and everything those the slope always goes away.
It turns into a roller coaster of you know, pipe
under your home which sits the water sits there and
just you know, if the water doesn't have anywhere to go,
it's going to come right through your floor there, and
that's where the water table comes back into play.
Speaker 3 (13:15):
Yeah.
Speaker 5 (13:15):
So when I tell people to walk around the house
and you see a down spout that's no longer lined
up with a pipe that goes underground, and I tell
you to get that fixed right away, I'm not lying
to you, right because even if you don't have quote
a big time waterproofing problem, if that thing's not connected,
you're gonna have water in your basement.
Speaker 6 (13:37):
Yeah, absolutely, because what it's gonna do is just going
to drop down on that foundation and it's gonna eat
a hole away in the dirt and it's just gonna
put that pressure on the foundation. It's a lot of
pressure when when a home, you know, when it's raining outside,
it's almost like an elephant sitting on your foundation with
that water pressure.
Speaker 5 (13:55):
And when you do estimates you also give tips like
that too, Like you know, I mean, there's no high pressure.
You're there to solve a problem. And if this gets
taken care of, the net gets taken care of. Maybe,
But if you want a lifetime warranty, we'll cover everything
and it'll be warranted.
Speaker 3 (14:15):
That's a great y happen business.
Speaker 6 (14:17):
Absolutely, and like I said, we've been doing it forty
one years now, and the homeowners get to make their
own decision at the end of the day, and that's
what's great about it. We give them the information and
if you know they don't want to have the watering done,
we do give those tips as far as you know
you can. Some things you can do, like everything we've
talked about, making sure your downspout hooked up, making sure
your gutters are clean, if you have water in your
basement by your washer and dryer, make sure you stand
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on a rubber mat so you don't run the chance
of getting electrocuted down there. Anything like that. So there's
a lot of hazards when you have water in the basement.
So we try to give help wherever we can. And
that's what's kept us in the business. As long as
you know, great workmanship, just you know, customer satisfaction and
just you know, being there for homeowner. Just what we do.
We have nearly forty thousand and customers in our database
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here in Cincinnati.
Speaker 3 (15:02):
Wow, well, you guys are doing a great job.
Speaker 5 (15:05):
And if people you know, they get on the list
probably not going to be out there the next day.
How do you get a hold How do you get
a hold of ever Dray James?
Speaker 6 (15:14):
Yeah, so, so you can call us five one three
eight seven four seven two zero zero. They can check
out our cool website. It's www dot ever dry sincey
with a y dot com. You can google us. I mean,
there's a lot of options out there. If you call,
tell them you heard James on the radio with Gary,
and I'll throw in a free easy breathe with any
purchase that you might make with us.
Speaker 3 (15:36):
Wow, there's a deal. I knew I was worse.
Speaker 6 (15:40):
Something only only because I like you, Gary. That's that's
I like. I like giving your your database here, your
friends some uh you know, some some something in the
game there, give them a reason to call us, if if,
if you've been waiting to call, now is the time,
because yes, our our our backlog is just growing. You know,
it's been a wet year and we've been very fortunate
this year for sure, Yes.
Speaker 3 (15:59):
Sir, all right, my friend, thank you very much. I
encourage everybody to give every great call.
Speaker 5 (16:04):
If you got that leaky basement and it ain't gonna
fix itself, So James thank you.
Speaker 6 (16:10):
Hey, always a pleasure.
Speaker 3 (16:10):
Gary, have a great day, all right, You do the same,
Thank you very much. We'll take a short break and
come back.
Speaker 5 (16:16):
You're at home with Gary Salvin right here in fifty
five k see detalk station.
Speaker 6 (16:20):
Is it just me or