Serving Worthington
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Worthington, 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
Something keeps growing into the line to the street.
Old clay pipe under a mature canopy is close to certain to have them, because roots follow the moisture leaking from a joint and then open it further. Cutting them restores flow for a season or two; lining or replacing the run removes the cause. A camera survey shows how much of the pipe is affected, which is what decides between the two.
The ravine at the back of the lot is cutting toward the house.
Ravines here cut back where concentrated water reaches the head of them, and the usual source is a downspout, a driveway edge or a pump discharge sending flow over the rim. Spreading that discharge, rather than extending it further, is what slows the process. Work done in the ravine itself rarely holds if the water reaching it has not changed.
The pump runs for days after every storm.
Nothing is wrong; the ground is simply slow to let go. Water held in the till around the footing keeps arriving at the tile for days after the last rain, so a pit that works through most of a week is behaving normally. What is worth a look is one that never falls quiet even in a dry stretch, which usually means the discharge is going back into the ground close enough to be collected again.
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