On Nov 10, 12:44*am, "Steve W." wrote:
Ignoramus19683 wrote:
My building's area has seen particularly heavy rains last 2 days, and
some water ingressed the building drom the side (not through the
roof).

The reason is that water level outside was too high.

There is a storm sewer in the back yard of the building.

Am I correct in thinking that the proper way to address this is to
hire someone to dig a drainage ditch along the property, draining into
that storm sewer, or into sumps inside the building (to be pumped into
the same storm sewer).

If so, what kind of companies should I look up in Yellow pages, what
is that kind of business called?

Thanks

i

Well the easier way would be to spray the bottom edge of the building
with something like Drylok waterproofing.
Buy it in a nice color and two tone the building with a 2' strip all the
way around.

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If he has water pooling up around the building because of
grading, trying to keep it out of the building by waterproofing
is almost always a failing proposition. A 2' strip all the way
around isn't likely to work, as the water will just wind up finding
a way in from under the slab through cracks, etc..

The correct way is to analyze the grading and to get it to
slope AWAY from the building. That is the first choice.
In some cases it may not be possible to do around the
whole perimeter due to obstacles that are in the way.
In that case, a gravity drain system of some kind or a
system that leads to a sump pump basin outside the
building is an alternative.

As others have pointed out, the municipality may have
restrictions on whether it's legal to discharge water into
the storm sewer. Another choice might just be to route
it near the storm sewer, discharging it on the ground on
the property, if that's possible.