Serving Marietta
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Marietta, 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 creek is at the bottom of a steep wooded ravine.
Which means it has a short, steep catchment and responds within minutes of rain starting. Ravine channels rise and fall quickly and carry a good deal of debris, and the sides are the part that moves over time. Properties near the top of a ravine have a different exposure from those on flat ground near a stream.
Spring rain hurts more than a summer downpour.
By the end of winter the clay has been absorbing since November and has nothing left to give, so almost the whole of a five-inch month runs off. A July cell of the same size meets soil that has dried for weeks and takes a fair share of it. The state of the ground beats the size of the storm in deciding what happens.
The house is on a ridge, not near any creek.
Ridge siting removes the creek exposure and creates a different one. A basement cut into a slope has a wall retaining saturated ground, and every storm on the land above arrives against it. Most water problems on these lots are slope drainage rather than anything a channel did.
These questions come from the Marietta page.