Water Sealing Blog - Tag: Leak
Leaking Valve Sealed with Grout
A municipality needed to seal off a leaking water main valve in order to decommission the system. They decided injecting polyurethane grout into the valve would be their best option in this situation. Although this is not a common application, it will provide the desired outcom... Read More
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Intake Shaft Water Leak
Pictured is the looking down view of a high-pressure water leak, in an intake shaft of a mine. The water intrusion was 200 feet below the surface, and forceful enough to hit the other side of the shaft. Within the smaller box shows the leak sealed off. This was done with the polyurethane g... Read More
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Concrete Segment Polyurethane Injection
Leaking concrete segments are injected with polyurethane grout in a tunnel that was created by a tunnel boring machine. The grout used was Hyperflex, which is injected as a liquid. The liquid material reacts with moisture and creates a hydrophobic foam to stop the infiltration.
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Leaking Sandbags Sealed
During a recent bridge replacement, sandbags were used to create a dry work area in the middle of a river. However, the sandbags could not created a water tight seal. SealGuard's parent company, Sub-Technical Inc. was called to control the water. After SealGuard II... Read More
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CSO (TBM) Tunnel Leak Sealed by Sub-Technical
One hour and 55 gallons of chemical grouting & this leak was sealed by chemical grouting company Sub-Technical Inc using polyurethane grouts from SealGuard Inc.
This video shows the access shaft leading to the CSO (Combined Sewer Overflow) Tunnel that is part of the Storm ... Read More
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HyperFlex Fixes Serious Leak in Partial Natural Swimming Pool
SealGuard was approached by the general manager of a 3,500 acre game preserve in the center of Texas to provide technical assistance and material to fix a large partially natural swimming pool. It was suffering from both heavy outflow when full and heavy inflow of dirty groundwater during ... Read More
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HyperFlex Used to Fix Underwater Leak
A new SealGuard customer, a private university in South Carolina, recently used HyperFlex to fix a cracked and leaking concrete pond and fountain.
As the water feature was a half-acre in size, draining the pond was not an option. What had happened was that natural ground movement had ... Read More
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