Water in basement help!!

[Mike P]

Originally Posted by vineyardblues

Thanks for all the advice guys,
And yes it's a very high water table, the rest of the homes were build on slab's.
VB

Sounds familiar. The house I bought during my first marraige had the same problem. I realized after we moved in that we had the only house on the block with a basement and found out why very shortly thereafter

The only permanent fix was a sump pump and a French drain.

This time of the year is especially bad. I stayed there over the weekend while visitng my kids and the pump kicks in like clockwork every 5-7 minutes.

You also want an auxiliary battery powered pump.

[spence]

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