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manfredo

manfredo

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DarkWeb said:
@manfredo
I know this all too well.

I have way to much in the way that will be really expensive to put back. So we're going through the inside. Cutting up the floor, laying drain pipe, and running them to a sump. That's how you get away with one sump pit. It's actually about the same price but guaranteed for the life of the house.

You might have Orangeburg pipe around your perimeter. That was common at that time. Only had a max life of 30 years. It collapses.
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You are absolutely right about the orangeburg pipe...I have seen it fail 1st hand and it could very well be what they used....likely in fact. ALL the interior drain lines are copper!! When it was cheap.

I was looking at it from outside with a contractor today. I would have to remove 2 concrete staircases, but they are due to be replaced anyways, and with an excavator in there it would be much easier....and it's all accessible.

I have seen the inside perimeter drains and they do work great. You just have to have a battery backup pump or generator in case the power goes out during a storm.

I did ruin about 500 s.f. of laminate flooring down there during this latest incident and in a week or so when my hand is healed I'll tear it out. It's drying out well, and I just turned the ozone machine on. Great for this kind of thing.

Oh...My elderly neighbor sent an email...Apparently I wasn't the only one. Here's a clip from it... "Last night in keeping with my packing the once in a lifetime experiences in the last quarter of my life - we got as reported four and a half inches of rain in a two hour period. I am fortunate in just getting a wet basement under the living room addition compared to many of the neighbors that have been flooded out and lost bridges over the feeder creeks"

Remember I said it was the storm a lifetime, or something like that (dabs :eyesmoke: )
 
Singlemalt

Singlemalt

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manfredo said:
You are absolutely right about the orangeburg pipe...I have seen it fail 1st hand and it could very well be what they used....likely in fact. ALL the interior drain lines are copper!! When it was cheap.

I was looking at it from outside with a contractor today. I would have to remove 2 concrete staircases, but they are due to be replaced anyways, and with an excavator in there it would be much easier....and it's all accessible.

I have seen the inside perimeter drains and they do work great. You just have to have a battery backup pump or generator in case the power goes out during a storm.

I did ruin about 500 s.f. of laminate flooring down there during this latest incident and in a week or so when my hand is healed I'll tear it out. It's drying out well, and I just turned the ozone machine on. Great for this kind of thing.

Oh...My elderly neighbor sent an email...Apparently I wasn't the only one. Here's a clip from it... "Last night in keeping with my packing the once in a lifetime experiences in the last quarter of my life - we got as reported four and a half inches of rain in a two hour period. I am fortunate in just getting a wet basement under the living room addition compared to many of the neighbors that have been flooded out and lost bridges over the feeder creeks"

Remember I said it was the storm a lifetime, or something like that (dabs :eyesmoke: )
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manfredo

manfredo

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curious2garden said:
About that hand and your activity level, if you lose butterflies you can use superglue.
PS be ready it stings.
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I will be better, I promise :D

Jeffislovinlife said:
Thanks for that and staying with Odin how about you are your family and friends coming over to hangout with you and you have no plans of working today
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I'm not exactly sure but I think I am gonna hang out with a buddy and probably cook some steaks or something good on the grill....maybe some corn on the cob, a few dabs. I mentioned biking last night but I best pass on that.

Speaking of, some 30 something year old man was killed by a hit and run while riding his bike this week here...scary shit. They have no clue who did it! I do have a good light on the back of my bike but damned thats some scary shit!
 
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