Serving Garland
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Garland, 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
The slab has cracked without any flood.
That will be the clay rather than a water event. It expands as it takes on moisture and contracts hard through a dry summer, and a slab spanning ground doing both will crack. The connection to water damage is that the same movement opens gaps around buried pipe, so the two problems tend to arrive together.
There is a large lake at the edge of the city.
It serves both supply and flood duty, which means its level is a managed quantity responding to the season and the forecast rather than to yesterday's rain. For properties near the shoreline that operating information is more useful than the weather. It is published and rarely consulted.
How much falls in a single spring storm here?
A great deal more per hour than the monthly figure suggests. May averages under five inches across the whole month, and one evening system can put down a large share of that in a couple of hours. Drainage is tested by the hour, and the hourly extremes in this part of the state are substantial.
The Garland overview carries this FAQ with the city research.