Home repairs underway in Waterloo Region following days of heavy rain [Video]

Home repair companies have a busy few days ahead of them as they clean up the damage left behind by several days of heavy rain.

The Crack Specialists, a foundation repair company based in St. Jacobs, said they’ve being inundated with service calls.

“Our phones are absolutely ringing off the hook non-stop, all day, every day, during the night, weekends – it’s endless,” owner Wesley Rose explained Wednesday.

Rose said the majority of those calls are for flooded basements, which is somewhat rare for this time of year.

“August and September are usually the worst. We’re seeing this in July, so I’m a little nervous for what’s going to happen in August.”

Rose said the main problems he’s hearing about are hydrostatic pressure, clogged eaves troughs and downspouts, sump pump failures and storage around window wells.

“A lot of people don’t understand that window wells can’t have debris in them. …