Help solve your basement flooding with a concrete floor!
Saturday’s storms set a new record for rainfall in Chicago, causing flooding on expressways, railways, city streets and in homes causing destruction to concrete stairs, sidewalks andbasements.
According to ABC7 meteorologist Phil Schwarz, 6.86 inches of rain fell Saturday, making it the rainiest calendar day in the history of Chicago. The previous record was 6.64 inches, which was set on September 13, 2008, Schwarz said.
For people living in the city, especially, dealing with the storm sewagefrom torrential rain flooding has been a rude awakening by creating new cracks an ideal breading ground for bacteria. To help prevent againstdevastating flooding, residents of storm prone areas should know how to protect their homes by installing insulating bacterial resistant epoxy sealed concrete to withstand disease infested sewage water from flooding. In addition to being resistant to bacterial growth, concrete floors are durable and resilient. Many times after flooding clean up is simplified with only a squeegee and mop. Concrete Designs, Inc. of Chicago Land can install a simple yet decorative concrete floor in your basement.
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