Why this call
What is going wrong in a Edgewood house?
Edgewood’s postwar houses along Route 40 often have basements or crawl spaces and sit low relative to the coastal plain. A heater in a basement or a line over a crawl space leaves water under the house after the first floor is blotted. Low siting also means outside water can enter a basement that would have stayed dry on higher ground. The heater and the high groundwater are not interchangeable.
- A basement or crawl space still wet after the first floor was mopped.
- A heater in that low basement as the source.
- Outside water in a basement with the heater dry.
Say heater, crawl-space line, or outside water in a low basement. If the roof is also open, say so. Maryland can schedule the roof repair on this dispatch when the roof is actually the source.
The houses
What gets wet in Edgewood?
Edgewood is largely postwar and later houses along the Route 40 corridor, many with basements or crawl spaces, sitting low relative to the coastal plain. A heater in a basement that fails leaves standing water under the first floor. The houses are closer to the marsh edge than Bel Air’s hill.
The water
How does water usually get into a Edgewood house?
Indoor plumbing water is the scheduled job. Tidal flooding and stormwater from the low ground are outside water. A roof opening can be raised on the same call.
The map
Which parts of Edgewood does this page cover?
The Edgewood neighborhoods off Route 40. Bel Air and Aberdeen have their own pages. The arsenal is not a house.
ZIP codes
Codes covered on this Edgewood page
- 21040
A shared ZIP can sit on a city line. Use the city the house is actually in, not only the number on the mail.