Serving Baltimore
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Baltimore, MD
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 harbor at the bottom of these valleys is tidal.
It is, and that puts a limit on how fast anything can drain at the bottom of the city regardless of what the pipes can carry. Around each high water the outfalls stop discharging, and rain landing inside that window has nowhere to go. It is the overlap rather than the tide alone that floods the low streets.
The city is losing rowhouses to demolition block by block.
It is, and taking a house out of a terrace exposes the party wall of whatever remains to weather it was never meant to face. Where a gap has been left, the neighboring wall needs sealing and capping properly rather than being left as it was. The city's records show what has been cleared and when.
The rowhouse roofs here are flat and drain to the back.
They are, which puts the entire roof area onto one internal downpipe rather than spreading it around the eaves. A single blockage in that pipe backs water up onto the roof itself, and a flat roof holding water finds every weakness it has. Clearing that outlet twice a year prevents most of what goes wrong.
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