Where we work
Mainland Nova Scotia, end to end.
Granite and thin soil on the South Shore. Marine clay on the Tantramar. Fundy tides at the head of the bay. Every part of this province gives basements a different problem, and the diagnosis accounts for where you are.
Halifax Regional Municipality
12 areasHalifax
Peninsula Halifax is dominated by pre-war housing on shallow soil over slate bedrock, where stone and rubble foundations are common and drainage was never installed. Post-war su…
Also: North End · South End · West End · Clayton Park
Dartmouth
Dartmouth's lakes sit high in the landscape and the surrounding neighbourhoods drain toward them, which puts a seasonally high water table under a great many basements. Post-war…
Also: Downtown Dartmouth · Woodside · Westphal · Burnside
Bedford
Bedford is built on slopes running down to the Basin, so groundwater moves downhill through the soil and arrives at the uphill wall of houses on the grade. Water intrusion here…
Also: Bedford South · Bedford West · Sunnyside · Papermill Lake
Lower Sackville
The Sackville River valley sits low with a high water table, and the surrounding subdivisions are built on dense till with poor natural drainage. Spring melt off the surrounding…
Also: Middle Sackville · Upper Sackville · Beaver Bank · Millwood
Cole Harbour
Cole Harbour's low, flat terrain near the salt marsh means limited natural fall, so surface water lingers and gravity discharge points are often hard to find. Salt air accelerat…
Also: Westphal · Colby Village · Forest Hills · Cherry Brook
Fall River
Fall River is lakefront and bedrock country: thin soil over granite, large lots on wells and septic, and water tables tied directly to lake levels. Bedrock close to the surface…
Also: Wellington · Windsor Junction · Waverley · Oakfield
Tantallon
The St. Margarets Bay corridor is exposed granite and thin acidic soil with steep grades running down to the bay. Wind-driven rain off the Atlantic and severe storm exposure def…
Also: Upper Tantallon · St. Margarets Bay · Head of St. Margarets Bay · Hubbards
Hammonds Plains
Large-lot subdivisions built on cut-and-fill over shallow bedrock. Fill settlement is the dominant cause of foundation cracking in the newer developments here.
Also: Kingswood · Haliburton Hills · Voyageur Lakes · Westwood Hills
Timberlea
Built along the Nine Mile River corridor and around several lakes, with subdivisions on till and shallow rock. Water tables respond quickly to rainfall.
Also: Beechville · Lakeside · Brookside · Greenwood Heights
Porters Lake
Eastern Shore lakefront and coastal properties with high water tables, many on well and septic. Storm surge and Atlantic exposure are direct considerations here.
Also: Lake Echo · Mineville · West Chezzetcook · Head of Chezzetcook
Waverley
Historic village on the Shubenacadie lakes system, mixing very old housing stock with newer infill. Lake-influenced water tables and shallow rock.
Also: Windsor Junction · Wellington · Lake Thomas · Lake William
Eastern Passage
Coastal community at sea level with a tidally influenced water table and constant salt exposure. Low relief makes gravity discharge difficult.
Also: Cow Bay · Shearwater · Hartlen Point · Silver Sands
Cumberland County
1 areaKings County
2 areasKentville
The Annapolis Valley floor is deep agricultural soil with a high water table, sheltered from Atlantic storms by the North Mountain but subject to significant seasonal groundwate…
Also: New Minas · Coldbrook · Berwick · Canning
Wolfville
Historic town on the Minas Basin dykelands, with a high water table influenced by Fundy tides and a large stock of nineteenth-century homes on stone foundations.
Also: Grand Pré · Gaspereau · Greenwich · Port Williams
Lunenburg County
2 areasBridgewater
The LaHave River valley concentrates groundwater through Bridgewater, and the South Shore's exposure to Atlantic storms drives severe rainfall events. Historic housing stock is…
Also: Mahone Bay · Lunenburg · Chester · Hebbville
Chester
South Shore coastal community with a large share of seasonal and heritage properties, exposed to Atlantic storms and built on shallow granite with thin soil.
Also: Chester Basin · Western Shore · Hubbards · Martins River
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