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Lincoln office
1133 Libra Dr
Lincoln, NE 68512
Phone
(402) 566-5265Hours
Monday to Friday, 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Basement Waterproofing in Lincoln
Lincoln lies inside Lancaster County in Nebraska. Lincoln is home to about 290,531 people in roughly 118,332 households. 56 percent of occupied homes are owner occupied, and 69,754 of them are detached single family houses.
This is one of the towns with an Epp office in it, so the trucks leave from inside the city limits. Half the housing predates 1980, and the 1970s were the busiest building years at 18,536 homes. A median home value of $230,400 and a median household income of $67,846 is what the American Community Survey records. The split is 66,654 owner occupied to 51,678 rented. Roughly 53 percent of the housing here, 62,707 homes, went up before 1980, when footing drains and grade separations were not what they are now.
Population and housing figures: American Community Survey, by way of the Signature Media market data set.
Completed basement waterproofing jobs in town, photographed on site by the crew that did the work.
Lincoln, NE
The basement at this Lincoln property showed clear signs of water infiltration, with efflorescence and moisture staining visible on the interior brick walls and condensation buildup on the basement windows.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
The basement at this Lincoln home showed signs of moisture intrusion and lacked proper drainage infrastructure, common conditions in Lancaster County where clay soil with a high shrink-swell rating creates persistent water-management challenges.
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Lincoln, NE
The basement and crawlspace at this Lincoln home showed signs of moisture infiltration and structural settlement typical of properties built on Lancaster County's clay-rich soils, which have a high shrink-swell rating.
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Lincoln, NE
The basement of this Lincoln home was vulnerable to water intrusion due to Lancaster County's clay soil with its high shrink-swell characteristics, which can stress foundations and allow moisture to penetrate.
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Lincoln, Nebraska
Based on USDA soil survey data, the main soil type across Lancaster County, Nebraska is clay, with a high shrink swell rating.
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Lincoln, NE
Based on USDA soil survey data, the main soil type across Lancaster County, Nebraska is clay, with a high shrink swell rating.
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The USDA survey across Lancaster County reads clay and rates its shrink swell potential high. Soil that changes volume against a wall through the year is the driver behind most of what we are called out to look at.
What this looks likeFreezing nights can lift wet soil under the slabs beside the 69,754 detached houses in Lincoln.
What this looks likeOf the housing here, 62,707 homes predate 1980, with the biggest block of it going up in the 1970s. Original drainage is usually the story on those.
What this looks likeProblem signs
Lincoln conditions
Based on NOAA 1991 to 2020 climate normals for Lincoln Municipal Airport, about 5 miles away.
A city level sample here returns urban fill, not a natural series. Widen it to Lancaster County and the USDA survey reads Wymore at about 20 percent of the survey, with Aksarben and Pawnee alongside it. The texture split is 82 percent clay and 9 percent silt. Linear extensibility, the measure of how much a soil swells when it takes on water and shrinks when it dries, is weighted at 6.73 percent here, which USDA reads as high shrink swell potential.
The largest group of homes here by build period, 18,536 of them, went up in the 1970s; the median build year is 1980. Pre 1980 construction accounts for 62,707 homes here, and that is the group where original drainage is usually the story. 29 percent of the housing here, 34,043 units, sits in buildings of five or more, so a fair share of local work is on shared structures rather than single family homes. 64 percent of owner occupied homes here carry a mortgage, which is usually why a lender or an appraiser is the first to ask about a crack.
Soil survey: USDA NRCS Soil Data Access (SSURGO), sdmdataaccess.nrcs.usda.gov. Climate: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991 to 2020, LINCOLN MUNI AP (USW00014939), retrieved September 30, 2026.
"I tell every wet-basement customer the same thing on the first visit: water comes from somewhere. If you have a single downspout dropping right at the foundation, fix the downspout for two hundred dollars before you write me a check for eight thousand. Half of our wet-basement diagnoses end with a homeowner doing two hours of yard work and never calling us back. That's how we have a BBB Integrity Award."
Real projects completed in Lincoln, Lancaster County, photographed on site by the crew that did the work.
What we install
The inspection decides which of these a Lincoln home needs. Fixes for water in the ground are listed first.
Cost and scope
Pricing depends on the cause, the size of the job and access. The free inspection ends with a Customized Repair Estimate that states the scope and the price.
Where we work
Bethany, College View, Haymarket, Highlands and University Place all sit inside the Lincoln city limits, so a job in any of them is scheduled out of the Lincoln office the same way as one downtown.
The crew
The same office schedules the inspection, runs the install, and answers a warranty call later.
Google reviews
My home had some problems with water in our basement and Epp foundation repair was able to come and fix it. Sam and his team was very professional and got the work done fast. He was very kind and managed the work well. Now our basement is dry and we have no problems. If you are in the Lincoln area and have home repair needs I recommend Epp foundation repair.
I wanted to take a moment to let you folks at Epp know how please I was with the install. The guys where very polite and helpful. On Monday at 8:00 A.M. Sam greeted me at the door to let my know the work was about to start and when I asked the guys about any concern I had they had the answer. When Sam asked my input on the window wells on the west side of the house I was impressed, Sam even took the time to show me how the placement would look so I could make the final call. Before I knew it the week and the work was done, the boys did a great job of cleaning up and was nice enough to leave me a little pile of dirt for some fill in around the yard and some for the garden. Epp you can be proud of your Lincoln team from the friendly sale man, to the lovely ladies in the office quick to answer my call, and your hard working men on the job. Thanks for a great job done.
Epp Foundation gave us the best estimate for the work we were having done. They kept in contact with us about our appointment and the workers let us know exactly when they were going to be here. The workers were very professional, knew what they were doing, and talked to us about the project. They were also very friendly. I was very impressed with this company and the workers. I highly recommend this company.
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