Serving Greensburg
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Greensburg, PA
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 yard has developed a dip and nothing was dug there.
In a county with this much old working beneath it, gradual settlement is a real possibility and it is worth taking seriously rather than filling in. What matters is whether the depression keeps deepening across months, whether cracks are opening in a line, and whether doors and windows in the house have changed. There is state mapping of the workings, and a subsidence claim process, both worth knowing about before rather than after.
The drain line has broken twice in ten years.
Ground that moves slowly takes the pipe buried in it with it, and a rigid line fails at a joint rather than bending. Two failures in a decade on the same run is a pattern rather than bad luck. Where movement is the cause, replacing like with like buys the same interval again; a flexible line or a different route is what changes the outcome.
Water comes down the street faster than the inlets take it.
On grades like these the road is a channel and the inlets are catching water that is already moving quickly past them. That is a design limit rather than a blockage, though a blocked grate makes it much worse. For a property at the bottom of a steep block, the useful work is at the boundary: a raised lip at the entrance, a channel across the drive, and somewhere for what it catches to go.
This FAQ belongs to the Greensburg page; it is repeated here.