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Default After the basement flood. Now what?

"Jack" wrote

It was ground water. I have two sump pumps, plus a trash pump going.
Still was unable to keep up with the water. Neighbors had anywhere from a
foot to 4 feet in their basements. I had about a foot.


You'll be ok then Jack. Let it dry out and treat for mold (need not be an
expensive process, it's gonna be a DIY level thing) then check all along the
basement for any new small seepage cracks. Potentially some miniscule ones
got bigger. Next time it rains, check down there and see if water seems to
be seeping in and if so, where from which makes treating it easier.

Had that happen in a house in Charlottesville after a hurricane remnant
swept through. Mom got something wth a nozzle that filled a few very small
areas all the way back and no more problems. Some sort of cement that was
real thin but dried hard after filling the cracks in.