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Sucking up water in the basement with a shop vac! It's literally running in under the wall. I have an idea it's from all the melting and the deluge of rain we've been having since about 6. The slush is clogging the drain tile outlet and the water has no where to go.

Wish me luck. It's gonna be a long night!

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10,000 posts--Easter Sunday, 2008--7:43pm

Larry, I think you really need to tile around your house and put a sump pump outside in a pit hooked to the tile.

Water is no fun. Take care

Vicki and Duane

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9 hours later, and I'm still vacuuming up water. It has poured all night, and I've been manning the vac every 30 min. It's just light rain now, and hopefully I'll be able to get some sleep soon.

Almost all of the snow is gone, thanks to the heavy rain. I'm hoping the run off is most of the problem.

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Uncle Fester WWAMDAUX#3
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10,000 posts--Easter Sunday, 2008--7:43pm

Sorry to hear of the water problems Larry. I think Vicki is right - drain tiles to a sump and a pump will save heartburn and sleep in the future.

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Buddy,

I wish we lived closer. If we did I would be there to help you keep the water out of Liz's sewing room (and your shop).

As it is all I can do is give you moral support just like Bob.

Sorry for you problems my friend.

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Oxford GA, USA

I hope things dry out quickly my friend.. I'm sorry we can't do anything more than give words of encouragement --
Lawrence

Larry,

Are you drying out? Hope you didn't suffer damage.

I didn't suffer any damage, which I would have had I not stayed up all night and sucked up about 3-4 gallons of water every half hour. It finally stopped at 9am that morning, I was finally able to get a couple hours sleep. I got my neighbor to come over today, who is a builder, and he found several problem spots, the biggest being a quarter in. gap under the kitchen door, which is exactly over the spot where the water ran in. I intend to work on that tomorrow.

I can't tell you how much your support means to me. It gives me great pride to be a part of this WWA family, I can't imagine life without all my friends here. I was actually on the phone with Bob Malone at 3 am that morning, who told me to call him for moral support. No where else would I find that. Thanks so much, Guys!

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Uncle Fester WWAMDAUX#3
La Plata, Maryland
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10,000 posts--Easter Sunday, 2008--7:43pm

Larry

I have water issues in my basement. I had over a foot standing on the basement floor in 1997.
Took me a week to clean up from that one. I know the shop vac-dehumidifier routine too well.
I feel your pain.

Here is what I did to solve the problem

In diagonally opposite corners of my basement I punched two ~18" square holes in the cement floors and made them about 3 feet deep.
Into each I sank a 5 gallon bucket that I drilled about 100 1/2" holes into.
I placed the buckets so that the rim was about 1/2" below the floor grade. I back filled the hole with 3/4" clean stone.
Inside each bucket I put a good sized sump pump. I can't remember the rating on the pumps but it was a good amount.
I hard piped in 1-1/2" PVC the discharge up and out of the bucket.
The PVC punches through the concrete foundation above grade and a flexible hose carries the discharge down
hill from the foundation about 10' away. I would like to go farther but that is where my property line ends.

Here is the front left corner of the basement with the entry door to the right.


Here is a closeup of the sump well. Note the green Zoeller check valve in line with the PVC above the screen mesh.
This prevents the discharge from returning to the pump.


Here is a look down into the bucket. I added a 1/4"x1/4" mesh screen over the bucket to prevent my woodturning
shavings from jamming up the pump(don't ask how I know about that one)


And finally here is where it exits through the foundation.
That is my dust collector to the left of the sump well.
Golf Balls used for size reference


Other than a real bad storm in a wet spring in 2006 when I allowed my wood shavings to pack up the pump,
we have been dry since 1997.

It works for me because my house is laying on a lot of sand (Cape Cod) So I get good drainage to each corner.
This system cost me less than $500.00 and the hardest part was drilling through the concrete floor and wall (rent a good sized hammer drill and bit).
I'll bet you could use a similar system for your recent problems.
It ain't pretty but it sure works well.
Feel free to ask me any questions you like about my system.

Good Luck,
---Nailer---

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