Basement Leak Repair
in Pennsylvania and New Jersey

What causes a leaky basement? The answer is simple. Your basement is built in a hole, like a bowl, that was dug into the virgin, hard-packed earth. Once the basement to your home was built, the loose soil was backfilled in around the foundation, and now rain water easily penetrates this loose soil. At the bottom of newer homes, and some older ones, a drain tile footing drain was installed that drained ground water away via gravity.

The manner in which a home is built also plays a facter as to why a basement leaks. After the hole is dug in the ground, the concrete footing is poured. Once this dries, the wall is poured, or built in the case of concrete block, on top of this footing. Then the basement floor is poured. The imperfect seem between the footing and the wall is where water typically leaks in under the basement floor, and then as this water builds, eventually it comes up either through the floor-wall joint, which is also just a seem, or through floor cracks.

BQ Basement Systems works on waterproofing basements in Pennsylvania and New Jersey every day. It's what we love to do and we're experts at it. Our expertise and great customer service is why Basement Systems recruited us to be the dealer for the greater Philadelphia, PA and northwest NJ regions, including the cities of Trenton, Ewing, and Princeton in New Jersey, and Bensalem, Cheltenham, Norristown, Levittown, and Pottstown, PA. Call us for a free leaky basement quote and inspection.

A cause of a basement leak is hydrostatic pressure, this is pressure from a body of water at rest. The cause of the pressure is from the water itself. The higher the water is in a vertical column the greater the pressure. Therefore, if there is void space or loose soil outside of your home along the foundation, and it fills with water (during heavy rain, etc.), it will cause hydrostatic pressure to push the water through the footing-wall seem and up through the floor-wall joint and into your basement.

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A leaking basement is a common problem in all types and in all ages of homes, whether the walls are made of poured concrete, stone, or block. Let us help you with your wet basement. We've dried thousands of basements and we love what we do. A dry basement will protect the investment you made in your home as well as enable you to use the space for storage or as additional living space. It will also help you sell a home with a wet basement. If you're a home buyer, seller, or Real Estate agent, we've worked with most realtors in the eastern Pennsylvania and northwestern New Jersey area -- and probably with the office you're doing business with. Call us or contact us online for help with your home sale or purchase.