Serving Lancaster
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Lancaster, 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 river used to run right there.
It did, and the relocation is why it does not. That changes the risk from the river substantially and does not change what the ground beneath is made of, which is still river deposits sitting close to the level of the water. So a property near the old course may be off the flood mapping and still have a wet basement, for reasons that have nothing to do with the channel.
Does the old mapping still describe this ground?
It was revised when the work was done and the revision is the document that matters rather than anybody's memory. Modeling a river after a relocation produces different lines than before it, and those lines determine insurance as well as expectation. Anyone near either the old or the new course is worth checking the current version for.
The water comes off the hill rather than from the channel.
With sandstone hills close on either side, a good deal of what reaches a property here started higher up and arrived across the surface. That is a different problem from the river and it needs different work: interception above the building, roof water carried clear, and the ground beside the wall falling away. The relocation project addressed the river and nothing else.
Read it with the local conditions on the Lancaster page.