Leaks are common problems that lead to large expenses that can accumulate if left unchecked. Identifying the root causes and then creating a plan to repair the leak and minimize the damage is vital. Helms Polyfoam knows leaks, and we use the best leak seal in the industry to stop them for good in 2022 and beyond!

Whether a leak is high flow or a mere trickle, polyurethane resins in the hands of a professional contractor like Helms Polyfoam is a perfect option for sealing it. Dams, levees, lakes, underwater sewer systems, and anything that has water can leak at any time.

If a leak sounds more pesky than harmless, it isn’t. Repairing leaks can turn costly quickly, and fixing the damages incurred by them can sometimes cost even more. With Helms, we make repairing leaks easy – thanks to our polyurethane resins.

Pressure injection of our liquid polyurethane resins forces the material into leaking cracks, joints, or voids behind leaking structures. After the polyurethane injection is complete, the polyurethane resin rapidly reacts with water to form a watertight seal. Read on for how we used polyurethane resins to stop a bad situation before it got worse on a private lake in Central Mississippi.

­This lake had a spillway to maintain appropriate water levels that was built of concrete and had elevated sides and a sloping grade to promote drainage. At the end of the concrete spillway were two 48” culvert pipes to drain the water underneath the roadway. A resident found a small void forming along one side of the spillway and they immediately built a sandbag dam in front of the void and called Helms Polyfoam to evaluate the situation. We found that water was tunneling all the way under the 70’ spillway and exiting at the mouth of one culvert pipe and in the middle of another.

High expansion, structural, hydrophobic, polyurethane resins were injected underneath the spillway at the water’s initial intrusion point. Within 5 minutes, the water leak was stopped to a mere trickle! Hydrophobic, expanding resins can make quick work of even the highest flow leak! Once the leak was stopped, injections were made in a grid pattern through all suspected water paths to ensure all voids created by the water were filled and sealed.

Did we mention that all of this was done without excavation equipment or disruption to nearby property owners? Our team successfully seals leaks and then we get out fast. In fact, within a few minutes after we leave, you won’t even know we were there.

Got a leak problem you want sealed and solved the Helms way? Don’t wait! Give us a call at 601-966-7821!