Serving Rockwood
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Rockwood, 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 neighborhood over the road drains nothing like this one.
Because it went in during a different decade under different rules. Building here came in waves and each carried the requirements of its time, so a 1960s neighborhood and a 1990s one have unrelated systems and unrelated expectations about what an owner maintains. Which era a property belongs to explains a great deal about how it behaves.
The ground is rock. Should that not keep things dry?
Stone holds a building up well and takes in almost nothing. What lands either stays on the surface or finds a seam and follows it, so rather than dispersing through soil it emerges concentrated somewhere downhill. A property on rock therefore sees more water at the foundation, not less. Firm ground and dry ground point in opposite directions here.
The storm came ashore a long way south of here.
Inland is where these systems do their worst, which catches people out every season. A storm that has come ashore loses the wind and keeps all of the moisture, and slowing over the interior it unloads a great deal more here than it managed at the coast. The gauge forecast afterward matters more than the track beforehand.
These questions come from the Rockwood page.