Serving Myrtle Beach
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Myrtle Beach, SC
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 building lost its elevators and hot water from a flooded basement.
In a tall building the plant nearly always sits below ground, so a flooded lower level takes out the lifts, the heat, the hot water and the pumps at once, and the loss is measured in weeks of service rather than wet carpet. Protection at the ramp, the vents and the areaway matters more than anything upstairs, because the consequence is out of all proportion to the depth.
The outfall to the beach has stopped taking anything.
Two things close these pipes. Sand works back into them from the beach end, and during a system the surf holds water at the mouth for days together, either of which stops the line flowing while rain is still arriving behind it. Nothing inland is at fault. Where one silts up repeatedly it is worth reporting each occasion rather than assuming somebody has it on a list.
Equipment here fails faster than it did inland.
Airborne salt works on coils, fixings, condensers and anything metal left on a roof, and it does so continuously rather than during weather. The link to water damage is indirect but reliable: a corroded pan, a rusted condensate line or a tired air handler leaks for a long time before it stops working. Anything outdoors that holds or carries water belongs on a schedule.
These questions come from the Myrtle Beach page.