Serving New Albany
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in New Albany, 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 village grew from a few hundred people to this in twenty years.
It did, almost entirely as planned development on former farmland, which means nearly all of the drainage is of one age and one design. That is a strength while it is maintained and a single point of failure when it is not, because everything was sized to work together rather than independently.
The whole place was planned as one development rather than grown.
It was, which means the drainage was designed end to end as a single scheme rather than extended piecemeal. That is a genuine strength until one element stops working, at which point the scheme degrades as a whole rather than at one lot. A problem on one street here often started two streets away.
Who is answerable for the basin at the end of the road?
In these neighborhoods the basin belongs to the residents collectively rather than the city, which regularly surprises owners. The developer built it, transferred it with the subdivision, and after that the narrow outlet at the low end governs whether it functions. Silt gathers unseen, and a basin emptying more slowly each year is the warning.
These questions come from the New Albany page.