Serving The Woodlands
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in The Woodlands, 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 drainage here is open channel rather than pipe. Why?
It was designed that way deliberately, to keep the woodland and to let water move slowly through it rather than being collected and rushed off. That works well for ordinary rain and it depends on those channels staying clear. Fallen timber, a filled swale or a blocked crossing does far more here than it would in a piped system.
Who is responsible for the ponds and the channels?
An association rather than a city, for most of them, which is not what people assume. The developer built the system and handed it over, and from that point the outlets and the open channels are maintained by a body that residents belong to rather than by any government. Establishing who holds a particular element is worth doing early.
Fresh cracking indoors and the water bill has climbed.
Take those as one event. This soil 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 ground rather than a room, the bill is often the only sign. Shut off at the meter and watch the dial.
This FAQ belongs to the The Woodlands page; it is repeated here.