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limommer
LIF Adult
Member since 2/10 1073 total posts
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Meredith
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Does every basement flood?
How do you prevent them? What a headache
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Posted 8/15/11 11:05 AM  |
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Maeve
Member since 6/05 3273 total posts
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Re: Does every basement flood?
Mine doesn't. here 7.5 years never an issue
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| Posted 8/15/11 11:09 AM |
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caps612
In love with my little guys!!
Member since 8/10 5108 total posts
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Re: Does every basement flood?
our does, it is very common when the ground gets so saturated.
Our problem is that the water is coming in where the furnace vents out.. we had it patched at one point and it had helped, sometimes we get a tiny puddle. When the ground absorbs that much water it will find any little hole.
Message edited 8/17/2011 9:43:08 AM.
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| Posted 8/15/11 11:30 AM |
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Nifheim
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Member since 1/09 5476 total posts
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Jennifer
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Re: Does every basement flood?
we used to when first purchasing the house, put gutters on it pretty much stopped. It happened yesterday with a little bit of a seeping from teh window since we had water pooled in one specific spot.
The next few weeks I am going to till the earth and regrade it and hopefully it will never happen again.
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| Posted 8/15/11 11:43 AM |
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maymama
my little loves
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Re: Does every basement flood?
we just moved into a new house 2.5 weeks ago so this storm was the test for us ...
the basement is finished so we were  that it didnt flood - it DIDNT 
all depends on the foundation, sealant, windows etc
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| Posted 8/15/11 11:51 AM |
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ali120206
2 Boys
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Re: Does every basement flood?
Every basement does not flood but, I have been told if it floods once, it's more likely to flood again.
There are many factors that play into why a basement would flood - as pp stated. We were told we'd have to regrade our back yard to slope away from our house from our inspector because we had flooding (turned out to be a broken pipe and the yard sloped away from the house anyway).
We get minimal water but, we have a sump pump. The only time we've had floods is when it isn't working.
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| Posted 8/15/11 1:11 PM |
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JustJack
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Member since 2/06 2041 total posts
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J
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Re: Does every basement flood?
ours has never flooded (knock on wood) and we even have bilco doors, and water never gets in.
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| Posted 8/15/11 1:11 PM |
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jana
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Re: Does every basement flood?
I'm in Whitestone, half a block from the water, not a drop. In my old house on the other side of town, ALL THE TIME. Makes no sense 
Had to install a french drain & a sump pump. That basically just re-routed the problem.
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| Posted 8/15/11 2:07 PM |
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KLSbear
LIF Adult
Member since 1/06 1908 total posts
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Karen
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Re: Does every basement flood?
When I lived in Michigan I had a moisture problem in the basement - not out and out flooding, but heavy seepage through the walls. We dug a 2 foot trench on the outside of the foundation, coated the walls with a waterproofing tar and added gravel to the bottom to help with drainage before the trenches were filled back in with dirt. No problems after that.
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| Posted 8/15/11 6:55 PM |
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hazeleyes33
LIF Adult
Member since 5/05 13060 total posts
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Ginger
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Re: Does every basement flood?
Ours never has, knock on wood.
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| Posted 8/15/11 7:06 PM |
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alli3131
Peanut is here!!!!!!
Member since 5/09 18388 total posts
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Allison
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Re: Does every basement flood?
DH and I were just saying that we grew up in houses that never had a leaky basement.....We dont have one and am happy about it during these storms.
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| Posted 8/15/11 8:11 PM |
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mom2b
LIF Adult
Member since 5/09 1072 total posts
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x
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Re: Does every basement flood?
I've been here 4 years and its the first time it flooded, well like 2 puddles. My gutters were totally clogged and it seeped into my living room also.
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| Posted 8/15/11 10:00 PM |
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yankinmanc
Happy Days!
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Re: Does every basement flood?
OMG my parents had a HUGE flood! HUGE! And the water came up so quickly. My son loved stomping around in the water, but it took three pumps all day to pump the water out!!!
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| Posted 8/15/11 10:20 PM |
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Cheeks24
Living a dream
Member since 1/08 8589 total posts
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Cheeks
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Re: Does every basement flood?
Ours did but only in the laundry room. Since we did our backyard it hasn't flooded. DH swore it would yesterday and it didn't!
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| Posted 8/15/11 10:28 PM |
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ThePs1023
LIF Toddler
Member since 8/10 377 total posts
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Rachel
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Re: Does every basement flood?
my parents never had a problem and have lived in their house for almost 20 years. This weekend was our first major rainstorm in the new house and knock on wood, no issues to report.
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| Posted 8/16/11 10:30 AM |
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Blu-ize
Plan B is Now Plan A
Member since 7/05 32475 total posts
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Susan
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Re: Does every basement flood?
We did until we put gutters in.
Now no water.
Our landscaper also added some dirt around one part of the house that had the issue.
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| Posted 8/16/11 10:43 AM |
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KittyGags
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Member since 7/09 5614 total posts
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Re: Does every basement flood?
Nope!!! No water here, we had 6 inches of rain by noon on Sunday and not a drop in the basement, thank god!!!
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| Posted 8/16/11 10:31 PM |
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maybesoon
LIF Adult
Member since 9/09 5981 total posts
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Re: Does every basement flood?
no so far we are in the clear, but some of my family members get water in the basement way too often IMO. so stressful
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| Posted 8/17/11 1:21 AM |
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