On Mon, 25 Jul 2011 11:29:03 -0700 (PDT), bob haller
wrote:



have you considered a interior french drain with sump pump?

Nah.
I've got a sump with 2 half hp sump pumps, plus a lift system with a
1/2 hp pump.
This one.
http://www.tramcopump.com/Residentia....cfm?ProdID=26
The water nearly got to that motor.


I've got to get a new circuit there as all 3 running will trip the
breaker. Might beef up the sump with higher capacity pumps then.
And hope the power doesn't go out.
The poured foundation and floor are all dry even during heavy rains,
but this was a deluge.
The only thing that would keep the water from coming in during these
huge and highly unusual storms would be maybe a 10 hp pump.
Hell, 7 inches of rain in a few hours!
There was so much ground water pressure I actually had a geyser
squirting from a crack in the floor that I can't even find now.
My attitude is just prevent whatever damage I can when this ****
happens. I never look at a basement around these parts as something
you can keep water from getting in during odd events, so I just try to
protect what I can when this happens.
Might not ever happen again in my lifetime

--Vic