Peninsula Point is the tip of land where the Rum River empties into the Mississippi, the spot the city was founded on, at the end of Ferry Road. The point itself is a historic park, and the streets behind it hold a mix of 1870s to 1920s river houses, a few 1950s ramblers, and newer infill on lots that came open over the years. Every one of them is within a few hundred feet of one river or the other, on ground that was floodplain before it was a neighborhood.
Two rivers mean two ways to get wet. A Mississippi crest raises the water table under the whole point, and the Rum backs up behind the dam at the same time. Basements here take groundwater through the wall and the floor in the same week, and the old drains back up as the ground saturates.
This site puts Peninsula Point homeowners through by phone to an independent local water damage provider. The provider meters the basement before the scope is set.
Groundwater through a stone or block wall during a spring crest is a basement flooding cleanup. Water up the floor drain as the sewer line saturates is a sewer backup cleanup, treated as contaminated. Water standing on any floor of the house begins with water extraction and a first round of readings.
Peninsula Point Two Rivers Historic Park marks the founding site with cut stone salvaged from the original 1850s courthouse in St. Paul, and it is the first city park to go under when both rivers are up. When the lawn there is submerged, the basements up Ferry Road are already taking water.
Call (763) 363-6050 and say which wall the water is coming through. We put you through to an independent local water damage provider serving Peninsula Point.
Water pumped out of a full basement under a 1960s rambler or split-level, then the block walls, carpet pad, and paneling metered for what stayed wet.
Cleanup after the pump quit in a spring thaw or a summer storm, and drying of the floor and the bottom of the walls the pit overflow reached.
Standing water pulled off concrete, carpet, and tile on any level of the house, with moisture readings taken as soon as the floor is clear.
Cleanup after a supply line froze in a rim joist, a garage wall, or a cold corner of the basement in January and split when the thaw came.
Air movers and dehumidifiers run against daily readings until the block, framing, and drywall in a cold Minnesota basement reach their dry target.
Wet attic insulation, ceilings, and exterior walls dried after an ice dam backed meltwater under the shingles or a storm tore the roof open.
The tank in the utility corner let go and the basement floor, the nearest finished wall, and the boxes along it are wet and need to be pumped and dried.
Contaminated water that came up the floor drain during a river crest or a heavy rain removed, with the carpet and drywall it touched cut out and the floor cleaned.