Serving Euless
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Euless, 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
It has not rained much here and the creek is high.
The catchment above this city is largely built out and it is not in this city. Rain falling several miles upstream reaches a channel that has been straightened along its whole length, so it arrives faster and higher than it would have when the same ground was pasture. What the sky is doing overhead is a poor guide. Following the gauge upstream gives the actual warning.
Straightening the channel was supposed to help.
It helps the reach it was done on and moves the problem downstream, which is the whole difficulty with the approach. A lined channel carries water away from where it is quickly and delivers it to the next place just as quickly, so each improvement upstream makes conditions a little worse below. It is not a fault of any one project; it is the accumulated result of many.
The water bill has jumped and there is no leak anywhere visible.
On this clay the likely place is under the slab. Ground that swells and shrinks through the year moves the concrete, and pipe cast into or beneath it moves with it until a joint fails. Water then runs into the soil rather than into a room, so nothing shows indoors. Shutting the supply at the meter and watching the dial for an hour is the cheap first test.
This FAQ belongs to the Euless page; it is repeated here.