Basement Waterproofing Service Areas Near Atlanta, GA
Requests are accepted from Atlanta, GA, a city of roughly 529,000 that began on high ground south of the Chattahoochee River, and from five nearby places. A single independent local contractor receives each request and takes it from there; the site itself, an advertising and referral service, does no basement work.
Areas Covered
Any address inside the City of Atlanta can send a request, from the older blocks close to downtown to newer homes farther out. At City addresses, the Department of Watershed Management runs the sewers, and the City points residents to ATL311, 404-546-0311, "for all sewer related problems." Building permits there go through the City's Office of Buildings.
The five places below are not part of the City of Atlanta, and each has its own set of offices. Druid Hills and Candler-McAfee are unincorporated DeKalb County, where the County is the government; Avondale Estates, Hapeville and East Point are cities. The city name on your mail may differ from the government in charge of your lot, so ask the county or city which offices handle your address. Georgia's statewide rules hold in all six, including licensed plumbers for plumbing work and a possible cancel right after a sale made at home.
Look Up Your Town
Enter an address in the box below to check whether it falls inside the area this site takes requests from.
Nearby Town Guides
- Druid Hills, GA. About 4½ miles northeast of Atlanta City Hall, on the South Fork of Peachtree Creek. Sewers: DeKalb Watershed Management, 770-270-6243. Permits: DeKalb, 404-371-2155 (option 3); historic-district review, option 4. Some addresses sit inside City of Atlanta limits and use City offices instead.
- Avondale Estates, GA. About 7½ miles east-northeast, a planned town incorporated in 1927, with about 82% of homes owner-occupied. DeKalb runs its sewers: 770-270-6243. Permits come from the City's Planning & Permitting office, 404-294-5400, which issues them only to licensed contractors and requires one for repairs of $300 or more.
- Candler-McAfee, GA. About 7 miles east-southeast, a stretch of unincorporated DeKalb where about a third of homes date from the 1950s. Sewers and drainage questions: DeKalb Watershed Management, 770-270-6243. Permits: DeKalb, 404-371-2155 (option 3). Mail here can carry another city's name.
- Hapeville, GA. About 6 miles south, a city established in 1891, with many houses from the 1940s and 1950s. For a sewer backup or a permit question, start with City Hall, 404-669-2100, and ask who handles it at your address.
- East Point, GA. About 7 miles southwest, founded as a railroad terminus in 1870 and the largest of the five. Sewer backups go to the City's own Water & Sewer Department: (404) 474-3834 in business hours, (404) 240-2183 after them. Permits: Building Inspections, 2757 East Point Street, issued only to whoever does the work.
Each town page adds local housing history, rain history and the full set of contacts.
Don't See Your Town?
An address elsewhere in the Atlanta area is still welcome to send a request. Use the form with your full address, and the contractor will say whether it can help there; this site says nothing about any place not listed above.
The calls worth making are to government: your county or city can say which offices cover your address for sewers and permits. Contractors' advertising fees here are flat, and the free trial means none is being charged now. A request costs you nothing and brings you no reward.