Serving Neenah
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Neenah, WI
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 lake came up several feet with no rain.
A lake this large and this shallow responds to sustained wind by piling up at the downwind end, and the difference between one end and the other can be substantial. It has nothing to do with rainfall and can happen under a clear sky. When the wind drops the water sloshes back, sometimes more than once. Wind direction and duration predict this, not the forecast rainfall.
The level is set by someone rather than by the weather.
Largely, yes. Structures at the outlet hold the lake within a range on a seasonal schedule, so it is drawn down for winter and held up through the warmer months. For a shoreline property that means the relevant level is the seasonal one rather than an average, and the published schedule is more useful than any general impression of the lake.
It is no wetter after a storm than at any other time.
A cellar sitting close to a level that is held steady by structures never gets the dry season in which the pressure would come off, so the damp is constant rather than seasonal. That changes what is worth doing: measures aimed at storms are beside the point, and what performs is a sealed floor with a pump behind it, sized for continuous rather than occasional running.
These questions come from the Neenah page.