Serving Five Points
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Five Points, NC
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
Who is responsible for the ditch along our road?
It varies with the road, and it is worth establishing before a wet season rather than after damage. Many roadside ditches in small Coastal Plain communities are maintained by the state or county as part of the roadway, and others are effectively private. Either way they silt in and grow over between the large events that need them. A ditch that has lost its depth will not be noticed until the storm it was supposed to carry arrives.
The crawl space filled but the yard never had water on it.
That is a rising table rather than runoff, and it is common on flat sandy ground. The water arrives from below when the profile fills, so nothing crosses the surface and grading has no effect on it. A crawl space drain and a pump, along with a well-sealed ground vapor barrier, is the arrangement that works. Treating it as a surface drainage problem is the most common wasted effort in this setting.
The house is new. Should we still expect water problems?
New construction handles ordinary conditions well and does not change the water table. In a tropical event the ground saturates regardless of how recently the house was built, and a crawl space a foot or two above the normal table will take water when that table rises. Newer construction usually means better materials and a faster recovery, not immunity. Knowing your finished floor and crawl elevations is more useful than the build date.
These questions come from the Five Points page.