Hello,

I had some limestone delivered to my home (7 cubic yards to be
precise), and they dumped it on my driveway right beside the house. It
has been raining for 3 days and we've been unable to do the patio work
we had planned. As such the mountain of limestone is still on my
driveway. Tonight, when I went down to the basement the carpet is
soaked! Could the limestone be the problem, or contributing to some
other pre-existing foundation problem? What should I do to resolve the
problem.

Any comments or suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Sue.

wrote:
I had some limestone delivered to my home (7 cubic yards to be
precise), and they dumped it on my driveway right beside the house. It
has been raining for 3 days and we've been unable to do the patio work
we had planned. As such the mountain of limestone is still on my
driveway. Tonight, when I went down to the basement the carpet is
soaked! Could the limestone be the problem, or contributing to some
other pre-existing foundation problem? What should I do to resolve the
problem.

That's alot of limestone! I would guess that perhaps the pile of
limestone is causing the rainwater runoff to head toward the house
instead of away from the house (or at least not letting it get away from
the house as it normally would). Do you see more than normal puddles of
water (or ground saturation) between the house and the pile?

Worst case (although unlikely) is that the foundation was damaged
somehow by the truck or by the dumping of the limestone. I guess I
would keep an eye on the basement AFTER you remove the limestone.
Hopefully the moisture problem goes away then and all is clear.

Good luck,
Richard

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