CT October B/S Thread
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jim, i know what you are talking about being close to a river....some of the holes we drill will have water coming in faster than our aggressive 2" pump can take it out, often those are hole close to a river or other body of water.
up in NY every single house we looked at had a pump, one house even had a concrete floor specially poured to make a permanent river that flows into the pump. the house we are working at buying right now has a pump in a curtain drain style trough outside, and the inside was finished with no signs of water. that could get interesting
no power here in NORTH guilford, and we still have a good amount of snow. we will not be getting power for several days because just like irene, there are a lot of trees all over the lines and a bunch of smashed poles. it doesnt bother us too much, we are competent campers
up in NY every single house we looked at had a pump, one house even had a concrete floor specially poured to make a permanent river that flows into the pump. the house we are working at buying right now has a pump in a curtain drain style trough outside, and the inside was finished with no signs of water. that could get interesting
no power here in NORTH guilford, and we still have a good amount of snow. we will not be getting power for several days because just like irene, there are a lot of trees all over the lines and a bunch of smashed poles. it doesnt bother us too much, we are competent campers
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Were up at our vermont house that has power, but I'm not sure about our house in ct yet. Asked one of my friends if he could check our street for power so I'm waiting for him
Our neighbors here and another friends whose house were going to for dinner all are from ct and all evacuated up here haha
And no class tomorrow woohoo
Our neighbors here and another friends whose house were going to for dinner all are from ct and all evacuated up here haha
And no class tomorrow woohoo
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Hi John!
Welcome to the CT B/S thread.
This street runs parallel to the river and beneath 2' of top soil everything is bank run.
Pea gravel and coarse sand mostly. It drains almost too well.
But you can tell that the house sits in a shelf blasted into the ledge.
And when the water table rises it will follow the path of least resistance.
I would seal the inside with epoxy once it was dry, except... someone felt they needed to paint it with latex.
This stuff blisters and oozes when there's pressure behind it.
I really can't empty the basement of everything and sandblast the paint off in order to make it truly waterproof.
Nothing I can do about it now.
Welcome to the CT B/S thread.
This street runs parallel to the river and beneath 2' of top soil everything is bank run.
Pea gravel and coarse sand mostly. It drains almost too well.
But you can tell that the house sits in a shelf blasted into the ledge.
And when the water table rises it will follow the path of least resistance.
I would seal the inside with epoxy once it was dry, except... someone felt they needed to paint it with latex.
This stuff blisters and oozes when there's pressure behind it.
I really can't empty the basement of everything and sandblast the paint off in order to make it truly waterproof.
Nothing I can do about it now.
I can't help but chime in....
You shouldn't be too worried about more water coming in if it can already get in at this point. If you have leaks in your foundation, water will come in until it is at the same level as the water outside, I'm sure that's not new knowledge to you.
The sump will get the water out though, and it will get it out faster than it will seep in. Go to that low spot and get yourself a pump set into the foundation. Pumping it out of the foundation will solve your problem unless you get days of rain. The time it takes for it to seep through the soil back into the foundation is much longer than it takes the pump to blast it out.
Most sumps can keep up with just about any infiltration.
You shouldn't be too worried about more water coming in if it can already get in at this point. If you have leaks in your foundation, water will come in until it is at the same level as the water outside, I'm sure that's not new knowledge to you.
The sump will get the water out though, and it will get it out faster than it will seep in. Go to that low spot and get yourself a pump set into the foundation. Pumping it out of the foundation will solve your problem unless you get days of rain. The time it takes for it to seep through the soil back into the foundation is much longer than it takes the pump to blast it out.
Most sumps can keep up with just about any infiltration.
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Upper 30s and clear. Still in vt but at our friends for dinner. Worked on our snowmobile trail out of the neighborhood with my dad and neighbor who rides today.
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Morning classes are cancelled for tomorrow due to lack of power. They're not announcing anything about afternoon classes until 6:30am (which actually means 7 or 8) so I have to do my paper in case... off to school I go to write my paper in preparation for possible afternoon classes.
Nobody seems to think we will have them but I know if I don't get prepared for afternoon classes we will have them for sure.
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