Minnehaha is one of the older close-in neighbourhoods north of downtown Vancouver, and its housing shows it. Homes built before the county's 1990s expansion tend to sit on shallow crawl spaces with drainage designed for less rain than now falls on them, and their plumbing has had decades to fail. The rain here is relentless rather than dramatic: roughly 160 days of it a year, but only four to six days when more than an inch falls. Damage accumulates quietly instead of arriving all at once.
- Slow leaks and ageing plumbing in pre-1980 homes
- Crawl space moisture that builds through the wet season
- Mold found long after the leak that caused it
For water damage or mold in Minnehaha, call United Water Restoration Group of Vancouver at (360) 550-9500.
