Serving Troy
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Troy, MI
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
Nothing upstream of here drains toward us.
That is broadly right, and it is the unusual part of this location. The city sits near the top of its drainage rather than downstream of anybody, so water problems originate on this ground instead of arriving from elsewhere. It removes one common mechanism and puts the whole weight on how each parcel and each street handles what falls on it.
Frost goes down a long way over winter.
It does, and frozen soil accepts nothing at all. A thaw or a mid-winter rain therefore runs off in full at the time of year when the most snow is waiting to release, and the ground offers no help whatsoever. Frost also lifts and shifts shallow buried lines, which is why faults show up in March that were absent in November.
The subdivisions here were built decades apart.
They were, in waves rather than one push, and each wave was built to the drainage standards of its own decade. That means requirements for detention, pipe sizing and lot grading differ noticeably between neighborhoods that look similar from the street. Which era a house belongs to is often more informative than which street it is on.
Open the Troy FAQ beside the housing and climate notes.