"Arkadiy" wrote in message
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On Apr 29, 2:40 pm, "Toller" wrote:

Do you have close neighbors? What is going on with them?

Most people do have sump pumps. But they have not worked in years, so
some of them happen to be out of order, and those basements also got
flooded...

Do you have a storm sewer to pump into? If not, do you have anywhere to
pump to?

I can't answer this question -- got to figure out the answer yet...

Knowing what you can do with the water is obviously very important. Find
that out before talking to contractors. Pumping water up 2' is very
different than pumping it up 10'.

I would be real reluctant to spend $7,000 to fix a problem that happens
every 15 years, especially with an unfinished basement.
If you can wait a while, the price ought to come down.

A sump pump (maybe two) might solve your problem. They should be under
$1,000 each, depending on where the water has to go. They might not handle
the floods you had this year, but it is possible that the $7000 fix wouldn't
have handled it either. Talk to your neighbors to find out what was, and
what wasn't, adequate.

I find it real hard to believe that drains are necessary in the crawl space.
If you are pumping water out of the basement the crawl space shouldn't see
much water. But there might be a good reason for it; we can't see your
house...