Serving Glen Allen
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Glen Allen, VA
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 creek behind the houses is barely a trickle.
Its dry-weather flow says nothing about its storm response. These are the top reaches of a catchment, so there is no length of river above to attenuate anything, and they rise within minutes of rain starting. Short, small-catchment channels are the ones most likely to surprise people who judge them on an ordinary day.
A hurricane came ashore well south of here.
Distance from the coast is a weak guide inland. Systems that make landfall and track north lose wind quickly and keep their moisture, and one that slows over this part of the state can put a month of rain onto already wet ground. Some of the worst flooding this area has seen arrived that way.
Water reaches the foundation with the surface looking dry.
The topsoil drains and the clay under it does not. Water moves down through the first foot or two easily, meets the dense layer, and then runs sideways along it until it reaches a wall. It arrives at footing depth as lateral flow rather than as a rising water table, which is why nothing shows at the surface.
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