Serving Peekskill
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Peekskill, NY
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 Hudson is tidal this far north?
It is tidal a great deal further north than this, which surprises people who think of it as a river rather than an arm of the sea. The level here rises and falls twice a day regardless of rainfall, and anything discharging into it stops discharging while the tide is up. Storm timing against the tide matters as much as storm size.
The streets here are unusually steep.
They are, and that shapes the whole drainage picture. Water gains speed on a steep street and arrives at the bottom quickly and all together, so the low blocks take a concentrated flow rather than a gradual one. Properties partway down also receive whatever the road above sheds toward them.
The cellar is wet on one wall only.
For a cellar cut into a hillside that is the expected pattern. The uphill wall is holding back saturated ground and takes lateral pressure carrying water with it, while the other walls have no such load. A single consistently wet wall points at the siting rather than at a defect in the structure.
These questions come from the Peekskill page.