Storm Drain Repair

The storm drain repair NJ commercial properties need is rarely just a drain fix – the surrounding asphalt almost always has to come up too, and Beckage handles both with one crew.

Replacing or repairing a storm drain on a street or commercial property requires the replacement of the surrounding asphalt. Beckage Sealcoating has the equipment, experience, and capability to quickly replace storm drains.

Beckage Sealcoating crew compacting a fresh asphalt patch around a reset storm drain grate in a NJ curb line
Drain reset to grade and the asphalt patched back — one crew, one clean seam.
Excavated storm drain with the cast iron casting lifted out and the surrounding asphalt cut away, by Beckage in NJ

Signs your storm drain needs repair

  • Water ponds around the grate for a while after rain instead of draining
  • The casting or grate sits below the surrounding pavement, or rocks and shifts under traffic
  • Cracked, sunken, or alligatored asphalt in a ring around the structure
  • Soil or sediment washing out near the drain, a sign the sub-base underneath is eroding

Catching these early keeps a drain repair from turning into a much larger excavation and re-paving job.

Beckage Sealcoating crew resetting a storm drain structure to grade in an excavated commercial curb line in NJ

One crew, drain and asphalt.

A failed storm drain is rarely just a drain problem. The casting has usually shifted, the surrounding pavement has cracked or sunk, and water is undermining the sub-base around it. Pulling the drain, resetting the structure, and re-paving over it is one continuous job — not three separate trades.

We saw-cut the asphalt around the structure, excavate down to the casting, reset or replace the frame and grate to grade, compact the disturbed sub-base, and pave back the asphalt with a clean, tight seam. Because the same crew does the demolition, the drain work, and the paving back, you don’t end up with a sunken patch six months later.

Finished storm drain grate reset flush in the curb with fresh asphalt, cordoned off with Beckage cones in NJ
The finished grate, flush to grade and cordoned off while the new asphalt cures.

Recent storm drain projects.