Basement waterproofing and crawl space services in Jeffersonville, IN

Homes in Jeffersonville

A river floodplain, a floodwall, and a water table that rises every spring

Jeffersonville is protected from the Ohio by its floodwall, but the ground behind the wall is still floodplain: flat, silty and saturated whenever the river is high. The old neighborhoods near the river, Rose Hill and the streets around Spring Street, have brick homes from the 1800s and early 1900s on cellars; the mid-century neighborhoods farther out are ranches on crawl spaces and slabs; and the subdivisions along Highway 62 and toward Charlestown are new.

Near the Ohio the water table rises and falls with the river. Basements and crawl spaces that are fine in August can have standing water in March, and a sump has to be sized for the spring, not the summer. The common problems are cellars and basements that seep from the floor in spring, sumps that run for weeks, and crawl spaces that never dry out. Interior drainage with a properly sized sump and a battery backup is the usual fix for those basements; encapsulation with a dehumidifier for the crawl spaces.