Serving Westminster
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Westminster, CO
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
There is a water channel running above the property and the city does not own it.
Those are privately operated conveyances carrying rights that predate almost every house near them, run by companies rather than by any municipality. It cuts both ways: they may require access along the bank, and they are also the party to approach about seepage or an overtopping. Identifying which one it is, and who operates it, belongs on a dry afternoon.
The slab downstairs has broken and one side stands higher.
This ground gains volume as it takes on water and pushes upward on whatever is bearing on it, which is the opposite of what most people expect. Flatwork moves first because nothing holds it down. The cause is water reaching the soil rather than any load above, so the remedy is upstream of the concrete.
The lawn is watered every day through the summer.
Which on this soil is a bigger input than the weather. Seventeen inches falls from the sky here in a year, and a sprinkler system running all summer can deliver more than that against a foundation, steadily and in the same place. Pulling the nearest heads back from the wall changes what the ground under the house is doing.
These questions come from the Westminster page.