Need basement waterproofing in Jessup? We work 18434 and the adjacent Mid Valley boroughs every week, up Church Street and off Hill Street into the old patchtown blocks and up the hill into the newer tract developments. Most weekday inspections get a slot inside 48 hours. You get a free on-site walk, a chalk-marked seepage map, and a written flat-rate quote before we pull out of the driveway.
Jessup is classic Mid Valley mine-country housing. The streets off Church, Lane and First Street are packed with 1890s to 1920s miner duplexes and singles on cut-stone foundations, 6 1/2 foot ceilings, concrete poured over dirt floors sometime in the 1950s. Up the hill toward the newer developments off Hill Street and out toward Finch Hill, 1960s to 1990s block and poured-concrete basements sit on fill over the old shallow coal workings. Almost every yard in Jessup sits on top of either an active mine void or a backfilled strip cut from the 1920s.
The water pattern in Jessup is different from Dunmore because the town sits lower in the Lackawanna valley. Spring thaw and heavy rain backs up through the old culm banks and finds basement foundations by surprise. We see a lot of corners where a dry basement for 50 years suddenly starts taking on water after a hard February because a long-abandoned mine drainage adit shifted. Interior perimeter drain with a good battery backup sump is almost always the right answer. Call us for a free Jessup basement inspection and we will walk the full perimeter with you.
What to know about basement waterproofing in Jessup
1890s to 1920s miner duplexes off Church Street and Lane Street have cut-stone foundations with poured slabs added in the 1950s over dirt. The cove joint where the slab meets stone is the leak path every single time. Interior perimeter drain is the fix.
The culm banks east and south of the borough still drain into groundwater after heavy rain, which pushes the water table under Jessup higher than in neighboring boroughs. Battery backup sump is mandatory here because the pump runs long cycles after every storm.
Newer tract homes up Hill Street toward Finch Hill were built over backfilled strip workings. Settlement cracks on block walls at 24 to 36 inches below grade are common. Polyurethane injection plus carbon fiber where the wall is bowed.
Jessup Borough sits in a bowl and the storm sewer system backs up during heavy spring thaw. Sump discharge must be routed away from the storm sewer or it comes right back. We route to daylight at grade and run a freeze guard tee.
Where we work in Jessup
- Jessup Borough Hall on Church Street
- Valley View Memorial Park
- Finch Hill overlooking the borough
- The old culm banks east of town
- Mid Valley Secondary Center
- St Michael the Archangel Parish
Our services in Jessup
- Basement WaterproofingBasement waterproofing in Dunmore, PA is a full interior or exterior drainage fix for wet basements over Lackawanna County mine country. We install perforated perimeter drain tile tied to a sump pit, inject foundation cracks, and seal walls with dimple board. Most residential interior systems run 5,000 to 15,000 dollars with a written price before any concrete gets saw-cut.
- Foundation Crack RepairFoundation crack repair in Dunmore, PA covers hairline and structural cracks in poured concrete and block walls across Lackawanna County. We inject polyurethane for active water leaks and epoxy for structural cracks, with carbon fiber reinforcement where the wall is bowing. Typical cracks run 400 to 1,500 dollars per crack and most finish in a single morning.
- French Drain InstallationFrench drain installation in Dunmore, PA covers both interior perimeter systems installed under the basement slab and exterior yard systems installed outside the foundation footing. We trench, bed 3 inch or 4 inch perforated pipe in washed stone, and tie it to a sump pit or a daylight discharge. Most jobs run 3,500 to 15,000 dollars depending on linear footage and interior versus exterior placement.
- Sump Pump Installation and RepairSump pump installation and repair in Dunmore, PA covers primary AC pumps, DC battery backup pumps, water-powered backup pumps, pit rebuilds and discharge line fixes. We work Zoeller, Liberty and Wayne cast-iron pumps over Lackawanna County mine country where PPL power cuts and frozen discharges are the two most common failures. Most pumps run 600 to 2,500 dollars installed.
- Egress Window InstallationEgress window installation in Dunmore, PA is the full code-compliant basement bedroom window package, from the exterior well excavation through the foundation wall cutout to the finished interior trim. We install Boman Kemp and Rockwell steel wells with ladders, and we pull the permit through Dunmore Borough or Scranton for you. Most installs run 3,000 to 6,000 dollars complete.
- Crawl Space EncapsulationCrawl space encapsulation in Dunmore, PA is a full enclosure of the dirt floor and walls with a 20 mil reinforced vapor barrier, foam insulation on the perimeter rim joist, a dedicated commercial dehumidifier and a tied-in drainage system. We work the half-houses and additions over Lackawanna County coal country where crawl space moisture rots joists in under a decade. Most jobs run 5,500 to 14,000 dollars.