Why this call
What is going wrong in a Richardson house?
Around Main Street and the Heights, Richardson still has 1950s and 1960s ranches, mostly slabs, with a few pier-and-beam cottages nearer the original town. A cottage puts the water in a crawl space. A 1960s slab puts it under the carpet from a line in the concrete or from a garage heater. Farther out, later houses add a second story and a ceiling. The Heights cottage is not that ceiling.
- A crawl space under a cottage nearer the original town.
- A 1950s or 1960s slab with a warm wet floor or a garage heater.
- A later two-story ceiling from an upstairs supply.
Say cottage crawl space, mid-century slab, or later two-story. If there is a crawl-space hatch, say whether it is wet. That single fact keeps the crew from treating a pier house as a slab.
The houses
What gets wet in Richardson?
The neighborhoods around Main Street and the Heights are 1950s and 1960s ranches, many on slabs, some with the last of the pier-and-beam cottages nearer the original town. North Richardson and the apartments along the Telecom Corridor are a later fabric. A cottage leak wets a wood floor. An apartment riser leak wets the ceiling underneath.
The water
How does water usually get into a Richardson house?
Spring Creek and the cottonwood bottoms along it take stormwater. Indoor standing water from a heater, a shower valve, or a supply line is the job that gets a crew on the schedule. The caller should know whether the water is clean and from a pipe or muddy and from the creek.
The map
Which parts of Richardson does this page cover?
The Heights, the streets off Belt Line and Coit, and the apartment corridors near the DART line. Richardson sits against Dallas, Garland, and Plano. Each of those is a separate page.
ZIP codes
Codes covered on this Richardson page
- 75080
- 75081
- 75082
- 75083
- 75085
A shared ZIP can sit on a city line. Use the city the house is actually in, not only the number on the mail.