Serving Prescott
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Prescott, AZ
Basement seepage, failed sumps, and hydrostatic pressure against the foundation are extracted and dried, and the path from the ground is identified so the loss does not repeat. Groundwater and basement seepage are extracted and dried only after the path from the soil is identified — a wall, a slab, a drain, or a failed sump. Drying the interior without stopping that path returns the same water to the same floor.
Frequently asked questions
This is Arizona. Do we really need to worry about freezing?
At this elevation, yes, and it catches people who moved up from the valley. Temperatures stay below freezing for extended periods in winter, long enough for plumbing in a crawl space, an exterior wall, or an unheated garage to freeze and split. The release comes on the thaw. Insulating those runs and keeping unoccupied properties heated, or drained, is ordinary maintenance here rather than a precaution.
Runoff comes down the driveway every monsoon storm.
Compacted decomposed granite is usually the reason. Undisturbed it accepts water reasonably; graded and driven on for years it seals into a hard surface that sheds nearly everything, so the drive becomes the main channel on the property. A cross drain or a shallow diversion partway up, taking water off before it reaches the building, does more than anything at the garage door.
The house is empty for months at a time.
Then either keep it reliably heated or shut the water off and drain the system. Half measures cause most of the losses: a thermostat set low with a power cut, or a heat source that fails unnoticed for a week. A drained system cannot flood. If the property is heated remotely, a low-temperature alarm is inexpensive against what a burst line costs in an empty house.
These questions come from the Prescott page.