Why Parts of Baytown Sit Lower Than They Used To
Subsidence, Brownwood and the Nature Center.
OLD BAYTOWN · INSIDE BAYTOWN
Water Damage Restoration for Old Baytown Homes
An older house near Texas Avenue with water on the floor or a pipe that gave out? Get a Baytown restoration company out.
- Flood, storm & leak cleanup
- Harris & Chambers County
Old Baytown in Four Lines
- Elevation and drainage: low, flat ground near the Houston Ship Channel and the bay; streets that pond in heavy rain
- Nearest bayou or bay: Goose Creek to the east, the bay to the south
- Typical homes: some of Baytown's oldest houses, many built in the oil-boom decades
- What floods first: low streets and garages in a downpour; older plumbing inside
The Refinery Town's Older Streets
Old Baytown is where the city began as a refinery town. Oil was found near Goose Creek in 1908, and the Humble refinery that became the ExxonMobil Baytown complex went up a decade later. Many houses near Texas Avenue date from those boom years. If your house is one of them, water damage often starts with the plumbing: galvanized or early copper supply lines, older drains, bathroom floors that have absorbed small leaks for years. In a heavy rain, low streets pond quickly, and water can reach garages and front doors before it drains.
Calls From Old Baytown
Older homes here may sit on pier-and-beam foundations instead of a slab. If yours does, water can collect under the house, and the company will want to look underneath as well as inside.
What callers here usually need: flood and storm surge cleanup, hurricane rain damage, leaks inside the house, drywall, ceiling and floor repair, or the whole restoration and mitigation job.
Water damage in Old Baytown?
Get a Baytown restoration company out: (346) 567-8448.
Call (346) 567-8448If an older house smells damp after a long rain, look at the lowest point of the floor first.
From the Handbook
When the Gulf Coast Freezes: Pipes in Exterior Walls and Attics
The rare hard freeze, and the leaks that show up when it thaws.