Serving Aldine
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Aldine, TX
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
There is no city here. Who do you call about a ditch?
The county, and knowing that in advance saves a great deal of time. In an unincorporated area the roads, the ditches, the drainage and the code enforcement all sit with county departments covering a very large territory rather than with a city hall. Establishing which office holds a particular stretch of road is worth doing on a dry afternoon rather than during a storm.
The ditch out front has filled in over the years.
Then the drainage for that frontage has effectively gone, because out here the ditch and the pipe under the drive are the entire system. Both silt up gradually across the years between the storms that need them, and nobody notices until one fails. Getting a blocked crossing cleared resolves more standing water in an area like this than anything done at a building.
New cracking in the walls and the water bill has climbed.
On this clay those belong together. The ground swells through a wet season and contracts through a dry one, the slab travels with it, and a line cast into or beneath the concrete eventually parts at a joint. Because the escape goes into the soil rather than into a room, the bill is often the only sign. Shutting off at the meter and watching the dial settles it in an hour.
This FAQ belongs to the Aldine page; it is repeated here.