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geoff merryweather wrote:

OK guys, here is the story. I found a lovely Swedish botanist,
proposed, and now at 43 I'm getting married. We found a great house,
well nearly great. The original part of the house is from 1820 and
it's basement has water seepage into the new (15 year old) walkout 21
x 24 basement. The owner put a trench(french drain) around the
perimeter of the newer slab and a sump pump to get rid of the water.
By close inspection the new part does not seem to have seen any water
on the floor, but the trench certainly has. Don't try to talk my out
of the place that isn't going to happen...What can I do to minimize
the rust effects on my machines and tools down there? De-humidifiers,
heat, ventilation...whatever you have tried and works.

I had a similiar problem and a similiar solution. One other thing I did
was drill some low holes thru the inside of the concrete block wall. It
seems that the concrete blocks were full of water so I effectively had a
wet wall. When I drilled the holes the wall drained so I only had a wet
french drain and the wall was dry.

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