Utility Penetration Leak Repairs in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach
Utility Penetration Leak Repair Services from BZ Construction
BZ Construction offers expert utility penetration leak repair services to prevent water intrusion in your basement, particularly in the Lewes and Rehoboth Beach areas. Whether your utility and pipe penetrations were improperly sealed during construction or developed leaks over time, our professionals will ensure any gaps are sealed tight to protect your home.
What Are Utility Penetration Leaks?
Utility penetration leaks occur when water enters your basement through gaps or cracks in the holes used to run external wiring or plumbing into your home. This issue can affect any home, whether connected to city utilities or using a private well, gas, and septic system. All homes are constructed with penetrations to accommodate these connections.
In homes with basements, these holes are drilled into your foundation below the soil line. Soil retains a significant amount of water from rain, which will eventually find its way into any gaps or cracks in your foundation. When the sealants around your utility penetrations fail, they become a vulnerability, allowing water damage to occur.
How To Repair Utility Penetration Leaks
Correctly repairing utility penetration leaks involves sealing the exterior surfaces of your basement. Simply sealing the interior foundation surfaces is not advised because it does not address the root cause of the leaks.
Proper exterior sealing closes any gaps in your penetrations and creates a barrier to evenly distribute external water pressure. If leaks are only sealed from the inside, water can still seep into the middle layer of your concrete foundation. Freezing water trapped around the utility pipes in your foundation will expand and force new leaks to appear.
By preventing water from entering your foundation, we provide a long-lasting solution. Our repair process starts by carefully digging out the ground along the side of your foundation. We ensure minimal disruption to other underground wiring or pipes.
Before resealing, we clean the surfaces around your utility penetrations to ensure a proper application. We ensure any gaps around your pipes are dry to prevent water from being trapped inside your foundation. Then, we inject a water-resistant sealant into the gaps in the concrete and around the exterior of your utility pipes for an airtight finish.
Once the application has cured, we backfill, compact, and regrade the soil around your home to prevent sinkholes and ensure proper runoff. You'll be left with a leak-free foundation, and in a few weeks, your lawn will regrow to hide any signs of digging.
Do You Need Help with a Leaking Basement Water Line in Lewes or Rehoboth Beach?
Give the experts at BZ Construction a call! We specialize in utility and pipe penetration leak repairs to keep your basement dry and leak-free.
Utility Penetration Leak Repairs in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach
BZ Construction provides utility penetration leak repair services to homes in Lewes and Rehoboth Beach. When water is getting into your basement through gaps in your utility lines and pipes, we're the local experts here to help.
