Serving Lewiston
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Lewiston, ID
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
Why are there levees on a river that does not flood much?
Because the level was permanently raised when the structure downstream was built, so ground that had been comfortably above the water was no longer. The levees exist to restore that margin rather than to hold back an occasional flood. That is a different arrangement from a flood levee, and it means the protection is against an everyday condition rather than a rare one.
The pool level moved and there was no weather.
Structures downstream set what the level does here, and those decisions belong to the operation of a whole system rather than to anything happening locally. It is routine and well managed. What it means for an owner is that judging the water by the weather overhead is unreliable, and the published stage and forecast are the numbers worth using instead.
Thirteen inches of rain. What is it that damages houses?
Almost entirely things inside the walls. With this little rain nothing about a building is put under pressure from outside, so the failures are supply lines, heaters and appliance hoses, and they happen on ordinary days rather than during weather. The habit worth having is reading the meter with everything in the house turned off, twice a year.
The same questions, in context, on the Lewiston mold removal page.