What causes basements to leak?
Hydrostatic pressure is the primary reason basements leak. Surface water saturates the soil around your home causing water pressure against the foundation, which then pushes water through the pores, cracks, and joints in the concrete walls and basement floor. The permanent solution: a basement waterproofing system by Blackburn Basement Systems. The system works like this: • Small holes called weep holes are drilled through the basement walls near the bottom. • Water that would have seeped through the walls now drains through the weep holes into the Waterguard® system, which lines the walls at floor level. • The water is collected and drains into the Supersump™, where it is pumped back outside. We also install sump pumps, BriteWall® waterproof panels, and other basement waterproofing products in South Dakota (including Aberdeen, Watertown, Sioux Falls, Miller, and Rapid City).
