Serving Fairmont
Groundwater & Basement Water Intrusion in Fairmont, WV
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
It seeps in below grade and there is nothing wet above.
Around here that usually means the old workings. Water moves through mine voids and the broken ground around them along routes that owe nothing to the hillside above, so it can surface a long way from wherever it went in, on a timetable of its own. Regrading the yard tends to achieve nothing against it. Catching it at the wall with a drain and a pump built for steady running is the workable answer.
The water leaves an orange stain.
Iron-bearing water from old workings does that, and it is usually acidic as well. It marks porous material permanently and goes after anything metal sitting in it, from fixings to ductwork to the base of a boiler. Soaked porous material comes out rather than being cleaned, and metal that stays needs looking at rather than assuming. Drying the space does nothing about the corrosion already underway.
Which of the two rivers matters more?
Watch for both coming up at once, which is the case that matters. Each drains its own country, so a storm sitting over one can lift it while the other stays low, and the confluence is far worse when the two peaks coincide. Following both forecasts rather than one downstream number is the habit worth forming for anything on the flat.
These questions come from the Fairmont page.