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Hank Rogers[_2_]

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> On Tue, 28 Aug 2018 19:03:28 -0400, Dave Smith
> > wrote:
>
>> On 2018-08-28 5:57 PM, wrote:
>>> On Mon, 27 Aug 2018 22:41:35 -0400, Dave Smith
>> a hurricane zone he'd know better than to head underground. I hope.
>>>>
>>>> In this part of the world houses have basements. If I lived in a
>>>> hurricane zone and had a basement it would be about the last place I
>>>> would head in a hurricane.
>>>
>>> Another one who doesn't know that basements have drains.
>>
>>
>> I live in a rural area and I have a basement, but there is no sewer
>> system for it to drain into. I have a sump pump. If we get a hurricane
>> and there is flooding the power is likely to be out, so no juice for the
>> sump pump.
>
> That you have a sump pums says your basement floods. Perhaps in your
> part of Canada the building code doesn't require a basement drain...
> in the NY County where I live basements require a drainage system.
> Whoever built your house didn't know about installing a basement
> drainage system or the customer was too stingy to pay the price. I
> would strongly suggest you obtain a generator, minimally one large
> enough to run your sump pump.
> There are methods to install
> a basement drain after the house is built. not very costly or
> devatating to the building. The first step is to determine where the
> water is originating. Very often water enters the basement from
> inadequate rain gutters, eather thje gutters are too small or the
> downspts do not guide water away from the foundation.
> My house gutters have four downspouts, one at each corner. Each
> enters a piece of 6" piece of PVCthat goes into the ground about two
> feet with an elbow attached and then a ten foot legth of PV that
> slopes and exits the ground on a slope, roof water runs away from the
> house foundation. Ln ly maintenence is a couple times a year I clear
> any plant growth from where the water exits. When houses are dsbuilt
> the ground is typically grdes so water runs away from the
> house but often within a short time that soil erodes and washes
> downhill, if not repaired standing water will form at your foundation,
> that water will enter your basement.... what type of backfill
> determines how fast water enters... a good builder will backfill to
> the footings with rock and gravel and forming a place at the lowest
> point where water collects and flows down hill via lengths of
> perforated PVC... also form a concrete lined pit at the lowest point
> of the basement floor and poke a hole thrugh the foundation so as to
> attach a piece of PVc that connects to the piece running down grade.
> Now you'll have a basement drain, so you can get rid of the sump pump.
> You can do the project yourself, if you have a friend with a backhoe
> who owes you a favor it'll cost practically nothing, just the price of
> some PVC and a few bags of sacrete. When I say DIY I mean hire a
> strong teenager and supply a shovel. If it's down hill to the road
> and you're not too far from the road and there's a culvert you can run
> the PVC to the road and dump your basement water into the culvert.
> There are plenty of web sites describing how to construct the various
> styles of French drains.
>

Popey, don't yoose think he should just doze the place and build another
house?

Second time around, he might come close to the Popeye building code,
which is inflexible and very strict.