Monday, March 15, 2010

You mean the water isn't supposed to be there?

The contractor dropped by this morning to find out if we were freaking out about the flood.  Guess what? We are now! He is having our engineer come by to discuss the problem. The basement was water-tight before they dug up three feet of dirt, so I assumed the water came in because we have 1/3 mud walls and no floor.  The contractor is concerned about the amount of water and says we may have to dig a trench around the entire perimeter of the house (yes outside) and put down new weeping tile. YIKES!  This is NOT what we want to hear.  Better to find out now I suppose.  Still I think he is a little ahead of himself.  It rained continuously for three days and three nights and there is no sump pump or anything at all down there to drain the water away.  Of course it collected. I am not actually worried - yet!
Here are some photos from today's progress.  You can see the holes where they will put the new foundation. You can also see the muck!  The boiler is on a little island.
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  1. JaYMarch 20, 2010 at 1:15 PM

    Is it possible to run a weeping tile around the interior perimeter of the house? That would be easier? I don't know that it would solve the problem, but at least it gives the water a place to go, then route that to the sump pump pit, and have it pumped out of the house that way. They have to put in a gravel base anyways don't they? Just a thought to run by them too, before they go for a huge expense of digging up the outside of the house. Might be a good idea anyways, cheaper to do it NOW, then in a year after the basement is done. lol. :)

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  2. ShannonMarch 20, 2010 at 4:10 PM

    Yah Jay! That's EXACTLY what they intended to do! But they were worried it would be too much water for the sum pump to handle! The engineer showed up with his rubber boots and said he has seen it all before - nothing to worry about.

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  3. JaYMarch 21, 2010 at 9:16 AM

    Get a BIGGER sump pump.. :)

    I shoulda been an engineer.. haha. :)

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  4. JaYJuly 25, 2011 at 5:44 PM

    Is it possible to run a weeping tile around the interior perimeter of the house? That would be easier? I don't know that it would solve the problem, but at least it gives the water a place to go, then route that to the sump pump pit, and have it pumped out of the house that way. They have to put in a gravel base anyways don't they? Just a thought to run by them too, before they go for a huge expense of digging up the outside of the house. Might be a good idea anyways, cheaper to do it NOW, then in a year after the basement is done. lol. :)

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