Serving Albany
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Albany, OR
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
Between November and April nothing dries out.
It does not, and that is the climate rather than a fault with a property. What it changes is when work can be done: from November the ground stays saturated for months, so a repair discovered in autumn either happens wet or waits until April while the damage carries on quietly extending.
Two rivers. Which one governs this particular address?
The one above it, and where a property sits below the junction, both of them together. Their catchments differ in extent and shape, so a wet spell can lift one considerably while the other behaves unremarkably, and the worst levels come when both arrive at once. Mapping for the specific address answers this far better than any single gauge.
The crawl space is wet and the yard is not.
On a valley floor the water arrives from below rather than across. The level beneath is held up by the rivers, so it rises into a crawl while the surface above stays perfectly dry. Gutters and grading do nothing about that. A sealed ground barrier with a pit and a pump beneath it is the arrangement that works down there.
The same questions, in context, on the Albany mold removal page.