We got 7 inches of rain in New York. I have a finished downstairs with an attached garage. We have swept the water, shoveled it used a shop vac and poured the water in the garage sink. The water level has not receded. I also have water coming out of a hole in the garage floor (which I thought was for drainage). Any advice will be appreciated.
2007-04-16 05:55:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
Oh boy. Let's start with the easy stuff. Check your downspouts to make sure they are not ponding water next to the house. Water needs to be let out away from the house and carried off.....maybe a French drain to the far side of the yard. Also drains can be put around the whole house to carry water off.
Check the ground level around the house, it sould force water away. Over time and with landscaping, soil levels can drop.
Could be drain in foor is plugged.......over time stuff gets in there, tree roots invade the pipe, etc. RotoRooter time. Does the driveway drain into the garage (like mine) Then an interceptor drain can be installed to catch the water before it rolls under the doors.
Now as for the basement, do you have a sump pump? Is it working? Hopefully it is just clogged.
Seven inches in unusual, few pumps can handle that amount. I know that doesn't help right now. Is the water coming up from the floor, through the walls? You'll need to hire someone knowledgeable about sump pumps, drainage, etc to evaluate the house.
In mean time, keep after the water. Things sound terrible.
2007-04-16 06:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are some opportunities here. Your basement partitions would have cracks which permits water in. you have basement domicile windows with wells. Water fills the wells and leaks in around the casement. In the two case, you have leaks someplace. you have your basement professionally sealed. you ought to hide window wells with plastic domes extraordinarily made for that purpose at community hardware shops. verify your eaves are no longer plugged and that the downspouts have extentions on them that carry the surplus rain water farther away out of your place and into the backyard (a minimum of yet another 6 to eight ft). Downspout extentions would be offered at hardware shops. in case you purchase a dehumidifier for damp areas, which will get rid of that extra moisture. For flooding, you could ought to have it pumped out. Or use a extensive moist vac to take in as lots water as achievable off the floor.
2016-12-10 03:27:55 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a sump pump installed and connected to a sewer to drain it away from the building.
Just wait a few days and the weather will dry up and the water will start to drain. As long as there is so much water in the ground there isn't too much to be done for the moment.
2007-04-16 06:01:30 · answer #3 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds to me like you have a drainage problem. They best way to alleviate this would be to add additional gravity drains. Several infiltration drains around the preimeter of the foundation will help reduce the ammount of water running into the foundation and down the wall. Do you have roof drains? Chances are you have downspouts that discharge to grade or no gutters at all. It would be wise to connect these downspouts to an underground drain to convey the water away from the dwelling.
2007-04-16 06:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by xyz123 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Did you call the City/County? If its coming out of your garage drain, you local sewer line may be backed up and you may neighborhood waster water/effluence in your basement...
2007-04-16 06:03:42 · answer #5 · answered by Mellomo 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
call the fire department, sometimes they will bring out their trash pump and do basements...at least they do here...
2007-04-16 06:51:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋