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Default Soaked basement carpet

On Feb 14, 9:09*am, N8N wrote:
On Feb 14, 9:05*am, "desgnr" wrote:

I have wall to wall carpeting in my basement on a concrete floor.
Water comes up through the concrete about once or twice a year when we have
steady rain.
Is there any solution for this problem,since i don't see any cracks in the
concrete, just the water seems to appear.


French drain. *Not cheap.

nate


I would try to avoid carpet altogether. It sounds like you have a high
water table. If you put down linolueum or ceramic tile, at least you
know water would not affect it that much.