Serving Richmond
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Richmond, 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
Which sewer system serves this address?
It is worth knowing, because it changes what can happen. On the combined system a heavy cell can surcharge the main and relieve itself through the lowest opening in a house, which is the cellar drain, and the remedy is a valve or a reconfiguration. On separated drainage that particular failure does not occur. The city can say which covers a given street.
Does the drop through the city change how the river behaves?
It does. Running over rock with a real gradient, the channel here rises and falls considerably faster than the same river does downstream where it is slow and wide. The warning window is shorter and the crest sharper. For a property near the water that means a plan that can be finished in hours rather than one assuming a day of notice.
The same work helped across town and did nothing here.
The old division between hard rock and coastal sediment passes through this city, so one property drains downward without difficulty while another a mile away sits over stone at three feet. Work matched to the first is simply the wrong work for the second. A pit dug on the actual lot in a wet spell settles which case applies inside an afternoon.
The Richmond overview carries this FAQ with the city research.