EverDRY of Michiana

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We did get a quote but if we needed to do the kind of things that they wanted to do then they probably would have been fine. All they wanted to do was more than what we needed so we ended up doing less and basic things and it worked perfectly well. They were very efficient and very nice. They were professional. I just did not do everything they thought we needed to do.

They came in quickly and got the job done right away. They are very good at cleaning up afterthemselves. I would highly recommend them.

Everdry came to our house and we went through a lot of items while they were there. They are thorough and go through a lot of detail. Most of it is designed to scare you into spending a lot of money. We received 3 quotes; outside only, inside only, and both. When they do both, they perform different work on the outside (excavation by hand) than what they would do if only doing the outside (excavation with machinery). Our perimeter was roughly 120' on the inside for the basement, they said they could cure our wall moisture and moisture under the slab and we needed to do the whole system (waterproofing).
Couple of notes regarding the wall. Picture a basement with four walls... easy, right? Now picture the landscape at grade level going around those walls. 3 of the walls to our basement are covered by a garage, or patio, or 3-seasons room. My point being, excavation can't be done around 3 of my basement walls. In the 3 quotes, the quote we received for the inside only was for $7,600. Then when we added the hand-excavation around the outside the bill went up to $18,800. So for work on the outside, the work is based on your interior measurement (120'). $11,200 to dig up less than 1/4 of the exterior of my home.
TBH, the cost was too high... way too high. From other places I've read, they seem to do good work, but they're definitely making a living on it. I can get over this part, but when it came time for the rep to come back out and and quot;closeand quot; on the deal, he went through the WHOLE spiel again and for some odd reason Everdry has to have your spouse there... yeah, kind of ridiculous. As if my wife really wanted to listen or was interested in listening to that. Again, it's a tactic to play to your spouse and scare them as well. Sales 101. Once we mentioned getting a 2nd quote, the rep just ended up getting rude and upset we weren't going to sign his paperwork right there on the spot. Since that was the case, he took away their and quot;discountand quot; and that was the last we saw of them. We got in touch with Forte Waterproofing and they did a great job, completely knowledgeable and even better, polite.
Side note, Everdry isn't the only waterproofing company around. They ALL do it. They don't do anything special or different and their patents do not mean anything. If you know patents, after 17 years, they expire. You can get an extension for another 3 years, but after the full 20 years, ANYONE can use your patent. They did they same thing and there are patents out there older than theirs.

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The price was originally about $23,000 or $25,000. I asked for my refunds back because I got other estimates and other people come in and they said that I did not need that work done. It took forever and they threatened me with a law suit and I had to call my attorney to get my refund back. I would not recommend them to others. When they came out they were very nice and they did not push me to do anything. The presentation was fine, but the rest of it was the worst possible. They were terrible. I guess they were professional, but their response in how they handled the refund was very irresponsible. I will not use them.

After receiving two other estimates that were half the price for just the basement, went with Everdry. They started one week after the papers were signed, took three days and I was vwery pleased with their work. The men were very professional, polite and considerate of the fact I have two dogs so the doors were never left open. They cleaned up after the work was completed. They worked around what plants they could and only took out the plants they could not work around. I wass instructed in the use of the sump pump, backup pump and battery and the air ventialtion system. They were thorough and professional.

They did the job when they said they would do it, but they broke a window and didn't inform me of it, and ruined most of the paneling on the walls. They removed the drain pipe from the waste to the sump pump and said it could not drain into the new one.

They came to do an estimate/sales call. They were late in getting there. They didn't get here until 6:00 and didn't leave until 10:00. They used some really strange psychology, asking me some simple questions and using some sort of bonding technique to get me interested. They gave us a price tag of about $25000 to completely waterproof the inside of our basement. They then added that if we agreed to do the work that day, they'd take $3000 off the price. The guy was really pushy about making the sale, and he wasn't going to leave unless we made a decision. We decided to do the work, then looked around on the Internet, discovering that we were being charged way too much. We then decided the next day not to do the job, and it took two to three weeks of constant phone calls to get our $1000 deposit back.

The experience was very good because they were able to get it done fast and so far we have not seen any water in the basement since they did the job about two months ago!

THEY WERE CAREFUL OF PLANTS OUTSIDE WHEN DIGGING. THEY WERE CAREFUL ABOUT TRACKING IN MUD AND DIRT. THEY WERE PUNCTUAL AND TIMELY. THEY CLEANED UP ALL OF THE MESS.