Saginaw and five communities close by

Basement Waterproofing Service Areas Near Saginaw, MI

Requests are accepted from Saginaw, MI and five nearby communities in Saginaw and Bay counties. Whichever one you live in, your request goes to a single independent local contractor, which contacts you and prepares any estimate. Nobody from this site works on any basement.

Areas Covered

This page lists where requests come from, not places where this site does work. Saginaw, MI, a city of about 42,900 on the Saginaw River, is the seat of Saginaw County. Permits for City addresses go through the City of Saginaw's Inspections Division at City Hall, 1315 S. Washington Ave., and sewer backups go to the City's water and sewer maintenance staff, also reached through City Hall. No City number is printed because the City's own web pages couldn't be read for this guide.

Having Saginaw, MI on your mail doesn't settle whether you live in the City. Some townships around it use Saginaw addresses yet run their own sewers and permit offices, so ask the City at City Hall if you're unsure. The five places below are likewise their own city or township communities, none of them part of Saginaw, and each keeps its own sewers and permit office. Michigan's licensing of basement waterproofing through LARA, its plumbing permit rule and its signed-agreement rule apply the same way in all six.

Aerial view of tree-lined streets of older houses beside a wide, slow river

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Towns With Their Own Page

Bridgeport Township, MI. About 5 miles southeast of Saginaw City Hall, Bridgeport Charter Township grew up around a bend in the Cass River, and many of its basements date from the 1950s to the 1970s. The Township runs its own wastewater plant; backups go to Wastewater, (989) 777-2041. Permits: the Building Official, 989-777-0940 ext. 215, 6740 Dixie Hwy.
Thomas Township, MI. About 8 miles west, a township of about 11,900 with the highest owner share of the five and many 1960s and 1970s basements. Plenty of residents have Saginaw, MI mailing addresses. Sewer questions go to the Department of Public Works, (989) 781-6438; permits to the Building Department, (989) 781-0150, 249 N. Miller Road.
Freeland, MI. About 11 miles northwest, an unincorporated community in Tittabawassee Township with the newest homes of the five, many from the 1990s and 2000s. The Township's Department of Public Works, 989-695-6517, handles wastewater across the township. Permits go to the Township's Building Inspector, (989) 737-5756.
Frankenmuth, MI. About 12 miles east-southeast, the City of Frankenmuth sits on the Cass River, with mostly 1960s to 1980s basements around a small older core. Sewer questions go to its Department of Public Works, 989-652-3443. The Building Codes Authority, 989-652-3430, handles building and plumbing permits.
Bay City, MI. About 12½ miles north-northeast in Bay County, Bay City, MI sits on the Saginaw River just upriver from Saginaw Bay and has the oldest homes of the five, about half built before 1940. For water backing up into a basement, the City lists Sewer Maintenance, 989-891-1200. Permits: the Building Department, 989-894-8162, 301 Washington Avenue, Suite 211.

The City of Saginaw's offices handle City addresses only. In each of these five places, sewer and permit questions go to the local office listed above.

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Other addresses in the Saginaw area can still send the form, and the lookup above shows whether a request can be passed along. Sending one doesn't mean a contractor works at that address; it only lets one contractor decide whether to get in touch. Before any visit, jot down your questions about the license, any plumbing and the permits involved.

This site may receive a flat advertising fee from a contractor, but the request itself is free and nothing is given in return; afterward, only the contractor contacts you.

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