Serving Williston
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Williston, ND
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 house went up during the boom. What should be checked?
Start with the pipework and the drainage, since those are where hurried work shows itself and where the bill afterward is largest. Supply connections, anything routed through unheated space, the depth of the service line and the destination of the sump discharge are all cheap to confirm and expensive to find out about in February.
The house went up during the boom. What should be checked?
Work done at speed varies, and the things that matter here are the ones that do not show: whether the grade actually falls away from the building, whether downspouts were connected to anything, and whether the drain around the footing was laid and covered properly. All three are cheap to check and expensive to discover later.
The service line to the house froze at the street.
In a winter here the frost can reach past the depth shallower lines were laid at, and a road cleared of snow loses the insulation that would otherwise protect what is under it. The sign is pressure falling away over several days rather than all at once. The utility generally knows which streets do this every year and will say.
This FAQ belongs to the Williston page; it is repeated here.