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Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Dunwoody, GA
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 wall seeps for days after a storm has passed.
Clay holds water against a buried wall rather than releasing it, so the uphill side stays saturated long after the surface looks dry and the wall remains under load. It also means the timing of the seepage tells you little about when the water arrived. A footing drain that genuinely discharges is what changes it, and sealant applied to a wall under pressure will not hold.
The house next door was torn down and something much bigger went up.
On clay that sheds most of what falls on it, a bigger footprint and more paving genuinely change where water goes. Document it during rain rather than describing it afterwards: photographs and video with dates, showing where water now enters your property. Local grading and stormwater requirements for new construction are also worth reading, since they set what the replacement lot was supposed to do.
Is a finished basement a bad idea here?
Not inherently, and the order matters. Install the drainage, watch through a full wet season, and then finish. Doing it the other way puts framing and drywall against a wall that may still weep and moves the damage from visible concrete into hidden cavities. Where finishing goes ahead, materials that tolerate wetting change what being wrong costs.
The Dunwoody overview carries this FAQ with the city research.