Falls Church and the surrounding Fairfax County neighbourhoods carry a mix of pre war housing, post war ramblers and recent infill on older lots. In the older properties the same issues we see in Vienna apply: plaster on lath rather than drywall, galvanized supply lines still in service, and clay sewer laterals that fail under root pressure from a mature tree canopy.
The infill construction sitting between those older homes creates a specific problem. New builds on established lots often change the surface drainage of the whole block, and a neighbouring property that never took water can start doing so after the lot next door is regraded and hardscaped. When we see a basement that has suddenly started leaking with no change to the house itself, that is one of the first things worth looking at.
Around Falls Church
We regularly work near:
- 📍Route 7 corridor
- 📍Seven Corners
- 📍Holmes Run
- 📍Idylwood
Water Damage Restoration in Falls Church — Local Notes
- •Pre war and post war stock with plaster walls and galvanized supply lines
- •Clay sewer laterals failing under mature tree root pressure
- •Infill construction changing surface drainage on established blocks
- •Route 7 and Route 50 corridors for access