The entire slope on the Tiverton side of the Sakonnet river bridge has a very high water table, and in many places open springs that flood basements and roads. It makes for some wicked ice in the winter.
Our cottage is built on a very steep slope, with a stone rubble foundation (original) and dirt cellar at a higher grade (around 12") than our finished basement (addition).
Needless to say, this configuration sucks big time. We have a sump in the cellar, but during very heavy rain, or worse when we had that slush followed by rain the system gets overloaded...and the water has nowhere to go but into the finished side.
I need to dig a drain system throughout the entire cellar, but what PITA
-spence