Serving Plantation
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Plantation, 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 lawn drains to a swale between the houses.
It does across most of this city, and that swale only carries anything while the canal it feeds is sitting low. It is also the piece of the system most often filled in, planted over or blocked by a fence. Walking its full length after rain shows where it has been interrupted far better than any drawing will.
The district lowered the canals before the storm and it flooded regardless.
Drawdown creates storage and the amount of it is small against a big rain. Taking a foot off a canal network sounds substantial until it is set beside nine inches falling on every roof, road and yard in the basin at once. It buys time at the start rather than capacity throughout, and it is doing its job when it is not enough.
There is no basement anywhere in this city. Where does the risk sit?
At floor level, which changes the whole calculation. With nothing below grade there is no sump and no space to sacrifice, so the air handler, the heater and the panel are standing on the same slab as the carpet. Getting the mechanical equipment onto a plinth is the cheapest useful improvement most of these houses can make.
The same questions, in context, on the Plantation mold removal page.