Where we work
Nine cities across Ada and Canyon counties. The houses are different from one end of the valley to the other, and so are the crawl spaces under them.
Ada County
- BoiseOlder North End and East End homes, the Bench, and newer subdivisions out southwest.
- MeridianFast-built subdivisions on old farmland, crossed by irrigation laterals and drains.
- EagleLarger homes between the river and the foothills, often with ductwork underneath.
- KunaNewer homes near canals and Indian Creek, which runs high while the New York Canal feeds it.
- Garden CityOlder homes and new infill along the Boise River and the Greenbelt.
Canyon County
- NampaOlder homes near downtown, new subdivisions, and Indian Creek running through town.
- StarOne of the fastest-growing towns in the valley, mostly new homes on farm ground.
- CaldwellOlder homes near downtown and the college, Indian Creek, and the Boise River.
- MiddletonA small town core and new subdivisions, on low ground along the Boise River.
Star straddles both counties; it’s listed under Canyon here. Outside these nine? [How far outside the valley you’ll travel]
Why it’s dry in March and wet in August.
From roughly April to October the canals run full for irrigation. In many valley neighborhoods, that pushes the water table up, and it comes into the crawl space from underneath, not through the walls.
Exact dates vary by irrigation district and by year. So does how much it affects a given street.
What that means for you: a crawl space that looks fine at a spring inspection can have standing water by midsummer. If you put a new barrier down without handling that, the water ends up trapped under the plastic.
If yours is wet in summer and dry in winter, it’s probably groundwater, not a leak. That’s the first thing we check. Water removal and sump pumps
Find out what’s under there.
Book an inspection and you get photos of what we found and a written plan in the order it should be done. Then you decide.