Smyrna, Tennessee
Crawl space repair and waterproofing in Smyrna
Call from Smyrna to be connected with an independent local company for crawl space repair, encapsulation, sump pumps and basement leaks.
Street water or house water: two different calls
Smyrna keeps two stormwater phone numbers, and they do different jobs. The storm water hotline, (615) 355-5701, is for water quality: someone dumping into a drain or creek. If water is backing up onto your street or yard because a ditch, culvert or drain is blocked, the town asks you to call Public Works on (615) 459-9766.
Neither office works under private houses. Once the public drain is flowing, damp or standing water that remains in your crawl space is a job for a contractor.
Ditches on your own lot
The town makes a point that many owners miss: drainage ditches and culverts on private lots are part of the system that carries rain to the river. It asks owners to keep them clear of brush, debris and grass clippings, because a blocked ditch can back water up through a neighborhood.
Before paying for work under the house, walk your ditch and the pipe under your driveway after a storm. If water is ponding there, it is probably reaching your foundation too.
Flood maps and the town planner
Smyrna's Town Planner is its floodplain administrator, and the Planning Department, (615) 355-5706, answers questions about flood zones. The town posts its FEMA map panels on its floodplain management page. On those maps, zones that begin with A are high risk. Zones B, C and X are moderate or low risk, which the town is careful to say is not the same as none.
Among the steps the town lists for protecting a property are clearing drains and gutters and considering a sump pump with a battery. A pump with no backup stops when the power does, so the advice is sound. The sump pump page explains what to ask for.
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Calling from Smyrna
Say what you have noticed under the house or in the basement. A short description is enough to get the conversation started.
Call from Murfreesboro or nearby
You will be put through to an independent local company that does this kind of work.
Call (615) 555-0113Calls may be recorded. Read the referral disclosure to see how this service is paid for.