Nowthen was Burns Township until it incorporated in 2008, and it is still rural: about 4,500 people on 36 square miles between Ramsey and St. Francis, with a five-acre minimum lot for new houses. The homes are 1970s and 1980s ramblers on acreage, 1990s and 2000s two-stories on newer five-acre plats, and working farms, all on private wells and septic and nearly all over full basements with sump pits. The Rum River forms the east edge of the city, and the ground west of it is sand plain broken by lakes and wetland.
A five-acre lot means a long discharge line, a long driveway for the truck, and a septic drain field that floods in a wet spring. Iron in the well water shortens the life of a tank. When the power goes out in a summer storm, it stays out longer here than in town, and the pit fills while you wait.
This site puts Nowthen homeowners through by phone to an independent local water damage provider. Readings first, then the scope.
A pit that filled during a long outage is a sump pump failure cleanup. A tank on well water that rusted through onto the basement floor is a water heater leak cleanup. Standing water across a finished lower level is a basement flooding cleanup.
Building permits in Nowthen go through the City of Nowthen, and septic questions after a flooded drain field go to Anoka County's environmental services desk.
Call (763) 363-6050 and say how far the house is off the road and which level is wet. We put you through to an independent local water damage provider serving Nowthen.
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.