Serving Dunedin
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Dunedin, FL
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 house is a few blocks back from the water.
On a strip this narrow that is a smaller margin than it sounds. Ground rises toward the ridge, so a few blocks can be a few feet, and surge is a level rather than a wave that stops at the first row. Elevation for the specific parcel is the number that matters here, not the block count.
What does the shallow water offshore change?
It raises surge considerably for a given storm. Water pushed toward a coast has to go somewhere, and where the approach is shallow and gently sloping it piles up higher than it would against a steep shore. This stretch of coast is unusually shallow well out, which is why the surge figures here look large relative to the wind speeds.
The building predates the current rules.
Most of the stock here does, and it is worth knowing what that means concretely. Elevation requirements, opening protection and construction detail have all been tightened repeatedly since the 1970s, so an older building is not a defective one but is built to a lower standard. Where it sits relative to current base flood elevation is the practical question.
These questions come from the Dunedin page.