Serving Landen
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Landen, 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
There is no city hall. Who is responsible for the drainage?
The association for the common areas and the county for whatever it has accepted, and the split is not always where people assume. In a planned community the swales, the lake, the outlets and often the streets were built by the developer and handed to the association. Establishing which body holds a particular element, on a dry afternoon, is worth doing before there is a reason to call.
The lake level is up and it has not rained much.
A private lake is usually held by a structure with an outlet of a fixed size, so the level reflects an accumulation across a season rather than any single storm. It rises through a wet spell and comes down slowly afterward. What matters for a property is the difference in height between the finished floor and the highest that lake is designed to reach.
The pump has run all week since the last rain.
On this ground that is expected rather than a fault. Till releases water slowly, so the tile around the footing keeps feeding the pit well after the surface has dried. What would be worth investigating is a pit that stays busy through a genuinely dry fortnight, which usually means the discharge is returning water to the ground within reach of the footing.
The Landen overview carries this FAQ with the city research.