I have a French drain with a sump pump in my basement.

For 11 years I NEVER got any water down in my basement, the drain took care
of business.

Now suddenly in the past 2 years I have had 3 major floods (including this
morning) where the water has soaked /ruined my carpets in the basement.

Any ideas why the French drain would suddenly stop working. The Sump Pump is
working fine. It is turning on and off and ejecting the gathered water from
the sump well.

Would blockages/debris that fell into the drain area around the perimeter of
my basement wall be the culprit?

Or could it be a case of the ground outside being so saturated the water has
nowhere else to go but in my walls/French drain and the French drain can not
handle the capacity of water coming in.

Option 3:
I had home construction done (new siding, windows, doors, deck) about 2
years ago. Could they have damaged something? I have looked all around the
areas that they added new doors, windows, deck, ect.. and I can not find any
water seeping in.




By the way, I am in NJ where we were hit with 7-10 inches of rain in the
last 15-20 hours and a state of emergency was declared.