Serving Akron
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Akron, OH
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 city has been boring a tunnel to hold storm flow.
It has, to stop the combined system relieving itself into the river during heavy rain, and it works by storing a surge underground until the treatment works can take it. The benefit reaches different neighborhoods at different times as the work progresses. Whether it has reached a particular street is a question the city can answer directly.
Which way does this neighborhood actually drain?
The valleys here are steep and short, so a stream reaches its peak within the hour and drops just as fast. There is no useful warning window in that. What it means practically is that anything to be done at a property on one of those valleys has to have been done in advance rather than when the level starts moving.
Can a surcharge be seen coming at all?
To a degree, and what to watch is the character of the storm rather than its size. A long steady rain rarely fills the main; a violent quarter of an hour regularly does. So the forecast worth acting on is the one talking about rates and cells, and acting on it means nothing more than lifting things off the cellar floor beforehand.
Open the Akron FAQ beside the housing and climate notes.