Water Damage Restoration in Burnsville, MN

Burnsville was incorporated in 1964, and Interstate 35W had already opened the year before, so the city filled with ramblers and split-levels through the late 1960s and 1970s faster than almost anywhere in the south metro. It had close to 20,000 people by 1970 and about 64,000 by 2020. The city sits on a bluff at about 974 feet above the Minnesota River, with Black Dog Lake and the river flats along its north edge and Buck Hill's 310-foot ski slope near Crystal Lake on the south.

A 1970 Burnsville rambler has a full basement, often finished in the 1980s with paneling and carpet glued to the slab, and a sump pit that was added later or never added at all.

This site puts Burnsville homeowners through by phone to an independent local water damage provider. The provider meters the basement before writing anything down.

Burnsville water damage under a 1970 rambler

A full basement that took water through the block wall during a spring thaw is a basement flooding cleanup, and glued-down carpet makes the drying decision harder. A pit that overflowed when the pump lost power in a thunderstorm is a sump pump failure cleanup. Once the water is out, structural drying runs equipment until the block and the framing read dry.

Between the river flats and the permit desk

The river side of the city is the low ground. In March 2019 the Minnesota River reached major flood stage at Savage and closed the Interstate 35W ramps at Black Dog Road, and the trail along the river went under. That trail is the Minnesota River Greenway, which runs the south bank between 35W and Cedar Avenue past the Black Dog plant. Up on the bluff, a rebuild that touches wiring, plumbing, or framing needs a residential building permit from the City of Burnsville.

Call (651) 433-7589 and say what the basement looks like. An independent local water damage provider serving Burnsville takes it from there.