Restoration help in Cornelius

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Cornelius is the small city between Forest Grove and Hillsboro, an old farm-town core ringed by newer growth. The housing is compact: early and midcentury homes through the established blocks, newer construction toward the edges, all of it on the flat, wet valley floor.

The buildings

Older small-lot homes through the core on basements and crawlspaces, newer subdivisions at the margins. The flat ground shares the valley's standing-water problem through the wet months.

The water

Groundwater and drainage in the flat spots, aging plumbing and laterals in the older homes, and the standard supply-and-appliance list in the newer ones. Cornelius sees the valley version of every water problem, at a small-town scale.

The callback

The era of the house and where the water came from set the scope. A core-block basement and a newer-edge crawlspace are both familiar calls to the west-valley crew.

Coverage

The downtown core and its grid, the newer subdivisions, and the pockets toward Forest Grove and Hillsboro.