LenS wrote:

On Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:52:06 -0500, "Don Phillipson"
wrote:

"LenS" wrote in message
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There's a sump in the basement laundry room that receives water from
the drain tile surrounding the house.

If true, this is a bad error in construction. The drain tile ought
to lead water away from the house (not into the basement.)

Dunno what to tell you on this. Our house, like the many others built
at the same time in the same development have drain tile that empties
into the sump. Also the basement window wells drain into the drain
tile.

A mouse or other form a wild life found its way into the drain tiles
from the window well drain, and is now rotting in the sump.

Had this exact same problem at my folks house as a kid.