Susan wrote:
some of us here in the northeast have been having water problems.
we've lived in this house 15 yrs with a dry basement which is now
flooded. it seems like water is coming in 3 different points but we
are not sure how. it began fri 10/14 after a week of heavy rain and
has continued, weather's been dry since fri late night but water is
still coming in at this point (sun nite 10/16). we've got 3 pumps
running and my husband shopvac-ed for hours and got it pretty dry
only to have it fill up again. now we know the water table is high
but it just seems odd. our plumber and landscaper have both been here
and suggest sump pump. we're fine w this but we think it may need 2-3
for all the areas. so any suggestions are helpful
thanks
Susan--

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Your recent rain has been rather unusual and strained the normally
efficient systems to take care of it. It may be several days before the
water table gets down to anything close to normal.

I would guess that a single sump pump will do the job for you. Be sure
to get a good one, not the cheapest builder's special. The better ones have
larger motors and can pump a lot more water than the cheaper ones. It will
not be often that you will see the kind of problem you had this last week.

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Joseph Meehan

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