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Old 06-14-2007, 03:16 PM
hdexpert hdexpert is offline
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Originally Posted by Howitzer View Post
Be glad your basement is not leaking and the sump is doing its job, if there is an aquifer you are at the mercy of Mother Nature my old house had several but with forward thinking we tiled the areas and diverted the water to a county drain that was luckily closing by.

If you have a storm drain you can run tile into that which is the best case because your sump becomes a back up in the event of a plugged storm drain.

Tour problem may also be as simple as some grading or landscaping around your house to move water away from your house.
There is a storm drain at the corner of my property.....my sump pit empties to the curb a few inches from it. My grading is great on both sides.....a swail seperates me from both my neighbors.
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