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Periodic wet basement from suspected rising water table

 03/25/2004 11:39 AM jtscottd3
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drains

03/28/2004 07:05 PM piffin
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IF your problem is

03/28/2004 08:48 PM LicensedWaterproofer
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Exterior Drains

03/28/2004 11:43 PM homebild
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Periodic wet basement from suspected rising water table

03/29/2004 08:19 AM jtscottd3

I've started to come around to the idea of installing the underfloor drains. In my case, with the water coming from under the slab, they make sense. If it were my block walls that were leaking I would never install them; I'd rather catch the water before it entered with exterior drains. Treat the cause; not the symptom.

Does anyone have experience with interior drains that have runs not just along the walls, but out toward the middle of the slab as well? I have hairline cracks all over the slab and while the lions share of water comes in by the walls, a good deal still comes up towards the middle too.

While I'm OK with installing a sump, I have the ability to easily make do with a gravity system too. Any thoughts on that?

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03/29/2004 03:14 PM plumber Tom
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Yup

04/01/2004 01:50 AM homebild




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