Serving Glendale
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Glendale, CA
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
The river through this stretch has a soft bottom rather than concrete.
It does, because the water beneath came up too close for a lined bed to be poured here, and that makes this reach behave unlike the concrete sections above and below it. It carries less for its width, it grows vegetation that reduces capacity further, and the level in it responds to the ground water as well as to the storm.
The house is from the twenties and the pipe is original.
Galvanized supply pipe of that age corrodes from the inside outward, narrowing for years before it lets go at a joint without warning. Falling pressure at an upstairs tap and rust in the first water of the morning are the signals worth acting on. Replacing it before it fails costs a fraction of replacing it and a ceiling afterward.
The road above this property is private and nobody maintains the drainage on it.
That is common on these hillsides and it decides who can authorize any work. A private road's drainage belongs to the owners along it collectively rather than to the city, so a blocked culvert stays blocked until they agree to act. The land records show which roads were accepted by the city and which were not.
Open the Glendale FAQ beside the housing and climate notes.