Serving Plano
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Plano, 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 greenbelt behind the house floods every few years.
That is what it is there for. Those corridors are floodplain that was left open rather than built on, which is why they are parks and trails rather than streets. Water in them is the system working as intended. What matters for a property is the difference in height between the finished floor and the level that corridor is expected to reach, and that figure is in the flood mapping.
New cracking in the walls and a jump in the water bill.
On blackland clay those two belong together. The ground swells through a wet season and shrinks through a dry one, the slab moves with it, and pipe cast into or beneath the concrete eventually fails at a joint. 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.
Is watering the foundation actually worth doing?
On this soil, yes, and it is one of the few cheap measures available. What moves a slab is the swing between saturated and cracked rather than either state, so keeping the perimeter moisture steady reduces the range of movement across the year. A soaker line set a foot or so out and run briefly during dry spells does it. Steady rather than heavy is the aim.
Read it with the local conditions on the Plano page.