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JamieW
LIF Toddler
Member since 7/05 471 total posts
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Jamie
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Help! Water in basement
What do I do???? I have several inches of water!!! Do I call someone in? What kind of company? I have never had this sort of problem. We jsut moved in in August and there was no mention of flood problems!!!!!!!!!!!!
HELP
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Posted 10/12/05 10:27 PM  |
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dengal
Dad of Twins
Member since 5/05 1385 total posts
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Re: Help! Water in basement
Wet Vac or pool pump could be a quick fix.
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| Posted 10/12/05 10:42 PM |
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JamieW
LIF Toddler
Member since 7/05 471 total posts
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Jamie
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Re: Help! Water in basement
my brother is bring both over tomorrow morning...but should I still have someone come in???
My dad is my fix-it guy and something always happens when he is away on vacation...lucky guy..he is in the Bahamas. So now I have to wait until he gets back to decide what to do.
Anyone use a basement waterproof system...a professional one?
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| Posted 10/12/05 11:07 PM |
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dengal
Dad of Twins
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The 80's Man
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Re: Help! Water in basement
Visit this post for some good ideas:
http://www.lifamilies.com/chat/topic.aspx?&P=1&ID=16750
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| Posted 10/13/05 12:34 AM |
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Erica
LIF Adult
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Re: Help! Water in basement
it may not be froma crack in the foundation (I hope not for your sake)...our basement window was leaking all day yesterday...the window well is very deep, but all the rain filled it up (about 5 feet!!) and it came pouring in...
thankfully DH was working from home yesterday when I discovered it in the morning...
he shopvaced all the water...including the water in the window well...and took our pool cover pump (the one for the basement broke - hence the flooding) and hooked it up
the worst part for us...is all that water has rotten the window casing...so we will have to replace that
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| Posted 10/13/05 9:41 AM |
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Diane
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Re: Help! Water in basement
we have water in the basement too, we have a shop vac, it hasnt gotten so bad where we need the pump.
We also have a dehumidifier on all day
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| Posted 10/13/05 9:55 AM |
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Bebalina
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Re: Help! Water in basement
i got the same prob....so many probs with the house and i havent even moved in yet.
i'm just gonna hope we got all of the problems out of the way now
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| Posted 10/13/05 10:11 AM |
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krashnburn
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Re: Help! Water in basement
I just heard a commercial on 1010 wins on the way to work for Volcan Basement Waterproofing company. It said if you call them, they'll send you a brochure on it that has tips on how to find the problem and fix it yourself if it isn't major.
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| Posted 10/13/05 10:32 AM |
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mosh913
baby boy coming spring '11
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Re: Help! Water in basement
We live in my parents basement apartment, and when they were renovating it for us, they hired someone who put a drain in around the perimeter of the basement , and there's a big basin under a closet. It pumps out anywater into the sewer system. Thank God, because I'd be floating around my apartment right now. I think it was 3K for it, but worth it, if you think of the damages that could be done.
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| Posted 10/13/05 12:21 PM |
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