Serving West Des Moines
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in West Des Moines, IA
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 field tile under the yard.
On ground converted from crops that is common, and the lines are frequently still carrying water. They were laid to drain a field to a ditch that may no longer exist in the same form, so a tile can discharge into a subdivision, or a new foundation can cut one and back it up. Where a persistent wet spot has no surface explanation, an old tile line is worth considering.
Water arrives from the new development uphill.
Each conversion of farmland to roofs and pavement sheds water that used to soak in, and the channels below were sized for the earlier condition. No single project is responsible; the effect accumulates. Dated photographs during rain are what turn this from an impression into something a city or a developer can be asked about, and they are worth starting before several more seasons pass.
The pump has run for four days and it stopped raining on Monday.
Till gives water back slowly, so the drain tile around the footing keeps feeding the pit long after the surface has dried. Days rather than hours is normal on this ground. What would be worth investigating is a pit that stays busy through a genuinely dry fortnight, which usually means water is being returned to the ground close to the foundation instead of carried clear.
The same questions, in context, on the West Des Moines mold removal page.