Hazlet basement waterproofing for postwar homes
Hazlet is a Monmouth County township, and Middlesex Waterproofing crosses the county line to work its basements along with the rest of the Bayshore.
Nearly nine in ten of its 7,957 homes are owner-occupied, and 82.3% are single-family detached houses. Here the person reading about a wet basement is usually the one who has to decide what to do about it.
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Built in a twenty-year rush
In 1950 the census found 2,763 people here. Ten years later it was 15,334, and by 1970 it was 22,239.
The housing numbers carry that story. In the 2024 estimates, 78.2% of homes predate 1980 and 39.3% predate 1960, so roughly two in five come from the 1960s and 1970s alone. A house finished in 1965 is past sixty now, and so is whatever drainage, if any, it was built with.
Fifty calls in one night during Ida
During Ida in September 2021, Hazlet police took over 50 calls for help overnight and carried out 7 water rescues, Patch reported. Two homes on Craig Street were evacuated, and stretches of Routes 35 and 36 were badly flooded.
A storm like that can take the power out while the water is still rising, and a pump without power is just a bucket. We install and replace sump pumps with battery backup for exactly that hour.
Klej sand with water close below
Klej loamy sand covers roughly 31% of the NRCS sample around the township center, across three map units, and another quarter is urban land mixed with Klej. The loamy sand units are rated very limited for basements. In them, NRCS puts the shallowest water of the year at about 46 to 54 centimeters, under two feet down.
Sand lets water move quickly, which cuts both ways: it drains, but it also delivers ground water straight to the footing. An interior drain tile system catches it along the inside of the footing, under the slab edge, and carries it to the pit.
Centerville, West Keansburg and South Keyport
The township takes in Centerville, North Centerville, Mechanicsville, South Keyport, Tiltons Corner, Van Marters Corner and West Keansburg. Wherever your street falls among them, we come and look first. Permit questions go to the township construction office.
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