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Drain tile repair · Moncton and southeast NBA wet basement is a warning. Your drain tile is usually why.
Drain tile, also called weeping tile, is a pipe buried around the bottom of your foundation. Its job is to catch groundwater and carry it away before it gets into your basement. When it plugs up or breaks, the water has nowhere to go but in. We find the problem and fix it from the outside, where the water starts.
Out of sight
You never see it. Until the basement floods.
Drain tile sits at the very bottom of your foundation, so you never see it until it stops working. In older homes the pipe is often cracked, crushed, or packed full of silt and roots after decades in the ground.
When that happens, water builds up against your foundation walls with nowhere to drain. It shows up as damp walls, a musty smell, water on the floor after a big rain, or a sump pump that never seems to stop.
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Check your basement
Signs your drain tile is failing
Tap the ones that apply. If two or more sound familiar, the problem isn't going away on its own.
What we do
How we handle drain tile repair.
We look before we dig
Where we can, we run a camera through your drain tile or flush it out first, so we know exactly where it has failed before any digging starts.
One section or the whole house
If the damage is in one spot, we dig up and replace just that section. If the tile is failing all the way around, we replace it around the whole foundation.
Built tougher than the rest
Most drain tile is thin pipe that crushes and plugs over time, which is why so much of it fails. We rebuild yours with heavy-duty pipe most contractors don't bother with, made to take the weight of the ground for good.
Clean-outs for the future
We bring clean-outs up to the surface, so your drain tile can be checked and flushed anytime without digging. It's built to last the life of your home.
The result
A dry basement you can finish, store things in, and stop worrying about every time it rains.
Straight answers
Good questions to ask.
Anything else? Call the office. A real person will answer.
How do I know it's my drain tile?
If water is getting in low on the walls or where the wall meets the floor, especially after heavy rain or the spring thaw, drain tile is one of the first things to check. We look at the whole picture during your free on-site estimate, including how the ground slopes and where your downspouts drain, because sometimes the fix is simpler than you think.
Do you have to dig up my whole yard?
No. When we can check the tile with a camera first, we only dig where the problem is. We plan the digging with you ahead of time so you know exactly which parts of the yard will be disturbed, and we grade it back when we're done.
What makes your drain tile different?
Most drain tile fails because of what it's made of. Thin, flexible pipe crushes under the weight of the soil and plugs with silt, and old clay tile cracks and lets roots in. We rebuild with heavy-duty pipe most contractors don't use, and we add clean-outs at the surface so it can be flushed out anytime. Do it once, do it right.
Why fix it from the outside?
Because that's where the water comes from. Working from the outside lets us replace the tile, add a membrane to the wall, and slope the ground away from the house, all in one job.
Often done together
One crew. The whole job.
Most projects touch more than one of these. We handle them together so you're not coordinating three contractors.
Drainage solutions
Soggy yard or water heading for the house? We build drainage the way most contractors don't bother to: tougher pipe, carefully prepared trenches, and access so it can be serviced for years.
Find out moreFoundations & utilities
Digging for new homes, garages, and additions, plus trenches for your water, sewer, and power lines.
Find out moreFill, gravel & topsoil
The right material for the job, hauled to your property by our crew.
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Your property drainage solution experts
Let's walk your property.
Tell us where the property is and what you need for drain tile repair. The estimate is free.
- 1A real person from our office follows up to set a time.
- 2We walk the property with you and look at the ground.
- 3You get a clear quote. No cost, no obligation.
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