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Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
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About us
Raleigh Waterproofing Inc. was established in May 2001 by David Hawkins II to provided quality service, expert support and knowledge to everyone. There is nothing more important than the customer’s complete satisfaction! We excel in both residential and commercial waterproofing and repairs. We have built our reputation on honest advice, quality service and continued customer support. Our motto has always been, “You haven’t seen expensive until you hire an amateur."
Business highlights
24 years of experience
Services we offer
Basement Waterproofing and Foundation repair, Crawl Space, excavation, new construction, sump station & yard drainage.
Amenities
Free Estimates
Yes
Reviews
5.035 Reviews
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Showing 1-25 of 35 reviews
Jake B.
Sep 2020
The work was fantastic! Raleigh Waterproofing did an outstanding job. The crew was prompt and worked very quickly. I was very impressed by the clean-up afterwards too--not only did they clean the yard, but they spread grass-seed and hay on all of the parts that were (unavoidably) affected by the work. Better still, when a torrential downpour exposed the pipe and revealed a flaw in the initial drainage system, Raleigh Waterproofing came out immediately to clean up the washout. They then improved the existing drainage further, at no extra cost. I am very happy with Raleigh Waterproofing, and will recommend them without hesitation to anyone I know who needs drainage work done.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name Removed], Thank you for the positive review. Glad to your were well taken care of. DH"
LISA B.
Nov 2018
It went fine.
Judy L.
Sep 2018
I'd highly recommend Raleigh Waterproofing! Work was done as scheduled, despite "oppressive" heat. My ?s were answered by their EXTREMELY pleasant "rep", Jim Bradshaw. Not sure how their pricing is vs. other companies, but I'm a strong believer in "you get what you pay for"!
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name Removed], Thank you for the nice review. Hope all goes well during "Florence" we have our fingers crossed she fizzles out. Sincerely, David"
Scott R.
Aug 2018
David came to the house, evaluated the problem, came up with a written design to solve the entire problem and gave us a fair quote. The team arrived on time, dug the trenches, laid the pipes, installed the drain boxes, attached the downspouts in two days. The latest torrential rains were a great test and the system worked exactly as planned. Professional and efficient, i cannot recommend them highly enough.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name Removed], Thank you for the outstanding review. I can't wait to share it with all of the employees that worked on your project. Thanks David"
Robert J.
Dec 2017
Excellent company.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name Removed] we appreciate the review I will pass it on to the men that make it happen.. Let us know if you need anything else. Thanks and Happy Holidays to you and your family. David Hawkins"
DAVID M.
May 2017
Very fast and professional. They stopped my basement leak by sealing it from the inside and outside. Great work!
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name Removed] Thanks for the review. I will tell the men to keep up the good work."
Floyd W.
Apr 2017
They are a very good contractor that I would definitely use again and recommend. We have a 50 year old house. It is a project house we bought, that we live in now. If you want it done right, you call these folks. They are not your typical residential house contractor. I am a project manager, I do designing construction. I manage the projects for another company, so I deal with a lot of old buildings there. They were actually one of my contractors. I actually used them at work. The workers were all good.
Jerrel K.
Mar 2016
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Jerrel K.
Mar 2016
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Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"Mr. Kessling, Thank you for the recent review on AL. We really appreciate your business and the opportunity to work on your properties. Thank you, David"
Floyd W.
Feb 2016
They did a good job. I was just really happy with what they did. I interviewed three contractors before them to do the work the way I wanted it and he was the only one that could do what I wanted them to do. They went above and beyond. After they mulched around the house, they asked me to go buy some plants and they would plant them for me. They just wanted to do it for me. They were really good. I'm using them in my business now.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name Removed], Thanks for the great review glad to hear you were happy with everything. We still need to get that brick work cleaned for you. I will try and get that wrapped up shortly. Thanks again! David Hawkins"
James W.
Feb 2016
The guys came out during a torrential downpour but managed to excavate around the foundation underneath the house and install a drainage system that flowed into a sump pump. When they left there was absolutely no sign that they had been there. Even though it was too wet to re-install the moisture barrier, the soil underneath the house was already dry by the time I got home.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"{Member's name removed}, Thank you so much for the nice review glad to hear we are firing on all cylinders. Good luck in 2016! David"
Cynthia F.
Jan 2016
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Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name Removed], Good morning! I read over your review and B's didn't seem to match our standard performance of A's with Angie's List members. When I researched services provided for you the only items that popped up was from April 24th where you paid $49.00 for a foundation inspection and preventive water plan. To my knowledge we provided no other type of installation services The review mentioned services completed August 28th this inspection was completed on 4-30-15. Since we find no invoice for work completed at your home other than the inspection. Can you please check your records and give us more insight to your review for the services you received in August 28th 2015 so we can figure out why we received B ratings. Thank you, David Hawkins President Raleigh Waterproofing Inc."
Vijay R.
Sep 2015
Jaris has excellent knowledge about water issue and crawl space drainage problem.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"Removed mbr info, Thank you! David"
Phyllis B.
Aug 2015
The clogged storm water drain pipes on our property had developed several break-out points resulting in major leaks during rainstorms. These leaks (miniature geysers, really) over-washed our front and side yards, eroded the soil and washed red mud, grass and mulch over our driveway. On the side yard, the leaking from the break-out points was so strong that our heavy stepping stones were moved out of place and mulch was completely washed away. Repairing these pipes would be a major, messy project.
Raleigh Waterproofing, Inc. (May I call you RWP?) provided a clear, detailed estimate for the project, including the tree removal contractor?s portion of the project as well as three cost estimates based on what was found once excavation uncovered the pipes. (RWP located an excellent tree removal sub-contractor and totally facilitated that part of the work ? one less task for us to deal with.) The work began on time (actually commenced early to get a head-start!) and proceeded efficiently even with the surprises that always surface with any project ? unearthing completely soil-compacted 18? concrete pipes (imagine concrete Tootsie-Rolls), working around 50-year old hardwood tree roots that would not yield plus wrestling with octopus-like bamboo roots! RWP was diligent and resourceful at every turn; the crew was dedicated and extremely hard-working throughout the project. The owner was onsite regularly and responsive with excellent follow-up including replacing two damaged laurel bushes without any prompting from us. Highly commendable was the owner?s initiative to clean out as many pipes as possible (harsh work!) rather than replace them as a cost-saving measure as well as connecting two smaller drain pipes not part of the original estimate.
At the end of this major, messy project, we all breathed a sigh of satisfied relief. A huge job well done. We could not be more pleased with Raleigh Waterproofing?s skill and performance. Kudos!
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"{Member name removed}, Thank you for the opportunity to work on your project it was a real challenge that turned out great. The installers appreciated your kind gestures and appreciation for them. Let us know if we can ever be of any further assistance. David Hawkins"
Paul L.
Jun 2015
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Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member name removed], Thanks for the positive review I will let the install department know.. Let us know if you need anything else or ever have any issues. Thank you, David"
David J.
Feb 2015
We had a lot of drainage issues in the yard and in the crawlspace that we lived with for years before getting quotes and opinions from a couple of different companies. Raleigh Waterproofing's solutions were the ones that made the most sense for dealing with the water and the price seemed fair for the substantial amount of work. Other groups insisted we needed to completely seal our crawlspace and I very much appreciated that these guys offered a different and less expensive option and that they were honest that we didn't really need a full seal (which is much more expensive and, highly profitable which is why everyone else was pushing for it). Everyone we dealt with at Raleigh Waterproofing was skilled and professional. There were as many as 12 guys at our house working at any one time and it was an impressive team. Even our neighbors were stopping by to comment on how impressed they were with the crew, organization and the care they showed in their work. Instead of bringing in heavy equipment to dig the trenches (which I imagine would have been much easier!) they dug it all entirely by hand, carefully cut the sod so it could be replaced, carefully put all the dirt they removed into buckets so we didn't have piles of clay dirt throughout the yard and had an assembly line of guys hauling the buckets back and forth to a truck at the curb, using a similar assembly line to haul the gravel to backfill the trench. Because they had so many guys out there the work went very quickly. It's been a year now since the work was completed and we are still very happy with the work. Our crawlspace is dry! Our yard is dry! It was an expensive job (and a big job!) but it was worth every penny. Working with Raleigh Waterproofing was probably the best experience we've ever had with a contractor. If you've got water issues in your yard/basement/crawlspace, these are the guys you want to call.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"Wow what a priceless review. We were very excited that you were so pleased. This is the performance we try to deliver to all. If you ever need anything please let us know. Sincerly David Hawkins"
Paul D.
Dec 2014
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Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name Removed], We appreciate your positive review it's our goal to always provide a excellent product. Let us know if we can be of any additional help in the future. Thank you! David"
Jen R.
Jun 2014
Dave is great. He is polite, prompt and honesty. He often went out of his way to answer my questions and personally check on the work. There were some glitches, but he addressed them all himself.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[Member Name], Hi hope your doing well! After the 4" rain this week I didn't hear back from you which in our business is a good thing! Just wanted to follow up with you and your review and thank you for your business and review. If you have a second give me a shout 919-422-3357 and let me know how we couild inprove on the arewa where we scored a B. Thank you again David! Enjoy the remainder of the Summer"
Elizabeth I.
May 2014
Everything went fine. I can't think of any improvements.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[member name removed], It was our pleasure. Let me know if you ever need us for anything else. Thank you, David"
Todd B.
Apr 2014
David Hawkins assessed the problem, recommended repairs that would actually solve the issues for good, and completed the suggested repairs on-time and on-budget. The quality of the work was top-notch, and the problems were solved. Later, when we had one additional problem, David figured out the issue quickly and suggested a cost-effective repair that we could do ourselves.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[member name removed], Thanks for the positive review. Keep me posted on the how things work out on the other issue."
Cheryl H.
Apr 2014
It was a very large amount that they had to do down below my foundation. Any problems that I've had over the last year, all I have to do is call David. He's responsive and right back here. It took longer to get the parts in so they can put a battery backup system in. He gave me a credit for part of that because I'd been a customer of his before. They're very, very good. Any type of waterproofing, where they're going to have to fix your entire house, is going to be extremely expensive. They were the only ones that would even look at my problem and doing anything with it. I had called about fifteen different people. Everyone else turned around and walked away from me. It's an older home, almost fifty years old. A lot of people don't want to deal with it. They had to drive almost a hundred miles and had no problem with that. My first bill was $14,000 but this was $1000. It was a big job. They had to dig three feet down under the foundation of the house and put in a drainage system. I have a tri-level house so they had to come in the house and go underneath my main level and dig out the third side of the house. They cleaned out everything. They put in a moisture barrier under the bottom of that section of the house. They had to re-install the sump pump. Actually, there's two drainage systems they put all the way out to the road, so they could make sure the water drains out from the house. All of a sudden, I had three inches of water in the bottom level. It was like it was coming in through the walls. If they had waterproofed it, it failed. He gave me a 20-year guarantee on this one. I sit on top of an underground river. My house has a well in the backyard that goes goes down into the underground river. Before they put city water in here, it had enough water coming out of it to supply three houses without a problem. With all of the rain and everything, the water tables come up. One of my levels is below ground, so you have that water coming in the house anyways. I have recommended people to them.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[member name removed], Glad to be of help again and thanks for the additional review! Sound like your review was through a phone interview from Angie's List. Just wanted to clarify that the redo was to fix the house not a redo of our prior services. The second project was for upgrade of the pump to a battery backup pump from the issues caused by the ICE and Snow storm in March. Let us know if you need anything else. Thanks david"
Michael R.
Mar 2014
Chose to tackle the problem from the exterior which involved digging up the foundation around most of the home, sealing the foundation and walls of home, inserting several drainage pipes around home and routing pipes away from home into the backyard. For the portion directly next to the garage, we had to insert drains under the basement floor and routed them out of the basement and into the backyard. Very messy process that involved digging up portions of the front and backyard but had to be done for proper routing of drainage pipes. It has rained and snowed several times since the work was completed and the basement walls are no longer showing water penetration. Very happy with the results so far. Would highly recommend Raleigh Waterproofing for folks that have moisture issues with their basement. The only minor complaints I have are that I didn't reaize until after the job was completed that they only accept checks and there was some clean up that I had to take care of myself such as rocks/mortar/debris left in the yard.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[member name removed], Thank you for the response. It important that we here back from out customers. I did not realize that some end of project debris was left behind I will speak with my Project Managers about that. Please let me know if we handle another project later for you. Good luck with your home and upcoming remodeling project on the front porch. Sincerely,, David"
David J.
Jan 2014
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Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[member name removed], Good morning! Hope all is well thank you for the review how did the test go last week with all the rain?"
Claudine L.
Oct 2013
Jim Bradshaw and his team arrived at the agreed to time to begin the work. He introduced my husband and me to his team and told us to call him any time we had any questions. The team was quite professional. Instead of using some heavy equipment, the team dug around our foundation and graded the yard. I was impressed with how they were very careful not to destroy our lawn with their equipment. Both Jim and David came to our house when we had a couple of questions and did not leave until all our questions had been answered. The team did a great job of cleaning up when the work was complete. My husband and I were very pleased with the results.
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"(Member name removed), Glad to hear you were pleased with everything. It's always our goal to make sure everyone is completely satisfied with our work! Enjoy the upcoming Holidays nice and dry! Thank you, David"
Andrew W.
Oct 2013
I chose Raleigh Waterproofing because they recommended solving the problem from the exterior, rather than the interior as other contractors did. This was in order to solve the actual problem, improper drainage outside my garage/office, rather than addressing the symptom, water coming into the garage. This made the estimate higher than an interior-only solution, but there's about 12ft of my house that will no longer have water running underneath it doing untold damage, which was worth it to me.
They were able to graciously fit me in to their booked schedule to accommodate some family events we had upcoming, which was a tremendous help to us.
The team came out on time early on the scheduled date, and completed the work in exactly the two days estimated. They cut a trench through an existing concrete pad, laid in a french drain, gravel/fabric above that, then installed a surface channel drain on top of that. This whole setup was then run ~100ft under my asphalt driveway to exit at an appropriate lower spot in the yard.
I was kept up to speed on the progress and status of the work regularly over the 2-day installation by the team, including follow-up after the first rain post-install. Best of all, I was happy to report a perfectly dry garage!
They were able to graciously fit me in to their booked schedule to accommodate some family events we had upcoming, which was a tremendous help to us.
The team came out on time early on the scheduled date, and completed the work in exactly the two days estimated. They cut a trench through an existing concrete pad, laid in a french drain, gravel/fabric above that, then installed a surface channel drain on top of that. This whole setup was then run ~100ft under my asphalt driveway to exit at an appropriate lower spot in the yard.
I was kept up to speed on the progress and status of the work regularly over the 2-day installation by the team, including follow-up after the first rain post-install. Best of all, I was happy to report a perfectly dry garage!
Response from Raleigh Waterproofing Inc
"[member name removed], Good afternoon! Thank you for postive feed back about Raleigh Waterproofing! Good luck with the new addition. David Hawkins"
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FAQ
Raleigh Waterproofing Inc is currently rated 5.0 overall out of 5.
Yes, Raleigh Waterproofing Inc offers free project estimates.
No, Raleigh Waterproofing Inc does not offer eco-friendly accreditations.
No, Raleigh Waterproofing Inc does not offer a senior discount.
No, Raleigh Waterproofing Inc does not offer emergency services.
No, Raleigh Waterproofing Inc does not offer warranties.