Questions tagged [flooding]
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Is there a type of pump or device that will sit on a flooded floor and quietly suck up a puddle of water?
There is a slow leak in our finished basement - it should be fixed eventually but we are looking for an interim solution to a constant puddle of water in the middle of the floor.
Floor is ceramic ...
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New home owner with water problem
Our house was built in the the 80s, and sometime after that they converted the garage into a new living space, and added a new garage. I live below a flood plain, and have water coming into the house ...
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Flooding In New Construction Building
This weekend, water was observed flowing up, through the floor and through other joints, into the building - making a swimming pool we didn't ask for!
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We currently have a project ...
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Is it safe to enable a service panel that has been recently flooded?
My breaker panel started gushing water during a storm. Is it safe for us to turn it on now that it's over? Does it need to be replaced? Will we get electrocuted if we turn it on while it's still wet ...
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Using sodium polyacrylate to clean flooded homes
In the aftermath of Kerala, India, floods, videos are circulating advising people to buy cheap Sodium Polyacrylate and apply it to the layer of mud or standing water deposited. How good/bad is this ...
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Basement window coverup leaking
This house is in need of a lot of work. The biggest problem I have right now is the basement flooding. Had new gutters put in in the past month which helped a little but my biggest issue now is where ...
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How do I stop water entering from where the stack meets the wall in the basment?
I just bought a house and everything in it is fine. Untill the other day when there was water in the basment. I initially thought it was related to the washer but I found out it was coming from the ...
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How can flood water come in through a toilet?
Video on Facebook
Fredrick Maryland is experiencing severe flooding and one home owner has flood water gushing in the house through the toilet. You can view the video from the Facebook link above. ...
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Building a basement at or below water level?
Is there a method for building a basement that would be at or slightly below water level?
We have a home that is built roughly 50 feet from a creek that's generally dry during spring and summer ...
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Landscaping - How to Correct Heavily Flooded Yard
I live on a fairly small urban lot (~3100sq/ft) and have been having issues with water pooling in my backyard. Recently during a very large rainfall this caused my basement to flood. I'm going to be ...
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Where can I move my electric panel
March 15, 2018 -- I have lived in my tiny, 1 ½ story house in Boston since 1994, and I want to upgrade my electrical panel from 100 amps to 200 amps. The current panel is located in my basement, ...
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Basement Flooding suddenly. It looks like I have a French drain. Why is it still flooding?
I recently bought a house and for the first month+, there was absolutely no water in the basement. All of a sudden one day, I go downstairs and there are puddles! I look and see that the water is ...
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Mystery: Water vanished from flooded basement with no floor drain
I live on a century old home whose unfinished basement got flooded this week. We had heavy rainfall which overwhelmed the city's storm sewer.
At a certain point there were about two inches of water ...
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Elevating a water heater to avoid damage during flooding
I have read another thread concerning the elevation of electric water heaters but nothing seemed to address my particular situation: I live on a barrier island and it floods here every couple of ...
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What to do about water under interlocking floor?
I started a load of laundry and apparently the drain tube had come out and it ran most of the water from the load onto the floor.. We have the interlocking floor tiles but there are gaps and in a ...
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Mold in basement
I recently bought a condo and noticed that there was what appears to be a dark colored mold growing on this gypsum board that is bolted to the cement foundation in my basement. On the top of the ...
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What considerations need to be taken when building a lakefront property?
I'm in the process of evaluating a lake-front lot in my city in hopes of building my next home there. The lot is on a small peninsula as seen on google maps here.
I briefly talked to a friend of mine ...
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Should i remove wainscoting to allow flooded walls to dry out?
We have a bay window with a French Drain just outside. We used to have gutters and a large downspout that drained into the French Drain, but during roof replace in 2002 the workers damaged the gutters ...
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How can polyethylene sheeting and polyurethane foam create a watertight seal for a garage door?
A fellow who weathered Hurricane Matthew indicated that it's possible to keep flood water out of the garage by utilizing polyethylene sheeting and polyurethane foam.
Is this possible? If so, how?
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How to shave down or flatten - surface concrete of garage - rain water leaking in under door
I have a garage floor - the floor in the garage has sunken leaving the area at the exterior foundation wall - Entrance - to sit up higher like a nice ramp which makes a perfect Rain Water collection ...
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We're in the middle of a(n epic) flood. Why won't my toilet flush?
Apologies if this isn't exactly on topic, but I found Why will my toilet not flush after it rains or when ground is wet here, and my question is similar, so hopefully I can get a response.
I live in ...
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Can property changes be made to change flood zone determination?
About a year after I originally purchased my home, FEMA sent me a notice that they had updated their maps and decided I was in a flood zone and needed to pay flood insurance. I've been paying ever ...
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Sewage water draining behind home below walk out deck?
At my girlfriend's mom's house she purchased last year. It's an older home built in the 50's. They are having drainage problems and flooding in the walk out area below grade (see pictures). We popped ...
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Increasing grade next to house
Our house is built into a small hill, leaving a section of our basement exposed with both a small garage and a people door leading to the driveway. There are several (3-4) courses of block above the ...
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Washing machine hose backing up and overflowing AFTER septic tank has been emptied
A few months ago, my washer started overflowing from the pvc pipe. A friend who's very well versed at plumbing cut the PVC pipe, snaked it and there was nothing blocking it. He pulled the cap off the ...
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garage flooding [closed]
My house is on a steep hill. When it rains the garage floods. I have a concrete floor that is on a slope so need some way to divert the water that floods from the back of the garage down to the front.
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Sump Pump issues - both died and constant pit filling
Looking for some advice on a very unfortunately timed breakdown.
Came home tonight to see some wet spots on the basement concrete near some cracks and looked over to see the sump put filled right to ...
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My house's perimeter drain system is full of water, why might that be and how do I fix it?
It's been raining light to medium for the past 12 hours and this morning while I was walking around outside the house, I noticed that this drain tube, which I believe runs around the perimeter of the ...
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Front yard flooding, drainage help needed
[Front yardThe front of my yard faces the main road, which is on a higher grade than my driveway. My driveway dips for the first approx. 5 feet, then dips back up towards my garage, this causes water ...
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Transparent screw-on 6" cap for PVC pipe
I got a backwater valve installed in my basement. The water table was high, so I could not use a backwater valve with a see-through cover; I had to use a valve that is typically used for outside ...
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Open-bottom access box for a backwater valve in basement
I am getting a backwater valve installed in the basement to prevent sewage backups. The contractor will install a backwater valve (something like this) enclosed in some access box (something like this ...
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Water heater drain pan pump capacity needs?
In the event of water heater failure, I'm considering installing a water heater pan with drain pump per this answer. How can I determine the necessary pump rate?
According to the Insurance ...
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Drain Help - Cannot Divert to Street
I have a drainage issue in my back yard that we've dealt with for years. I have a few ideas, yet I thought I'd post one to see if it will work first.
We live in a typical SoCal track home surrounded ...
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Replacing a crawl space with concrete slab
I have a 1970 rental house that is prone to flooding the crawlspace approximately 1 week a year.
To clarify, the whole section of land, yard, and streets are under a foot or more of water, due to ...
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Solving active sump issues
We bought our 20 year old house in Fishers, IN (northeast Indy suburb) this past summer. Three days after moving in, we had the last of the bad summer storms. One of the pumps in our Triple Safe sump ...
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What kinds of contractors deal with basement/foundation flooding/leaks?
Winter is coming to an end. All the snow/ice in my back lawn is thawing. A massive vertical crack has opened in my basement wall (the foundation) and water is hemmoraging in. I tried parging it with ...
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Ejector Pit & Sump Pit Combined - Whats a good backup option?
Here in Chicago we have a combined sewer and storm drain system - as a result it's not uncommon to have sump pits and ejector pits combined - which is the case in my basement. The ejector then handles ...
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Basement wall studs: any alternatives to wood?
I'm now getting ready to redo the basement that was flooded. See the horrifying images below..
Some questions:
a) Why in the world is there a layer of plastic on studs - do I have to do the same ...
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Flood prevention in laundry closet
I recently bought a house with the laundry closet upstairs. The washer and dryer were conveyed to us by the sellers. The washer does not have a drain pan underneath it, and as far as I can see, the ...
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Flooded HVAC ducts
I own a house (Built in 1966) on a shallow hillside, around which recent rain has caused complete ground saturation. On my bottom floor, which is on a concrete slab, the three floor vents were ...
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Water in window well flooding basement
The windows in my basement are close to 12 inches tall, not going below ground level. There is a shallow window well made from old 2x4s framing a depression adjacent to the window. We have been ...
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Discharge back-up sump above ground?
With a TON of rain in my area recently (Northern Ohio), my basement flooded (around 2" of water).
The sump pump came with the house, and I never gave it a second thought (I should have).
Now that I'...
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Preventing mold with minor carpet water damage
We had an issue with the hot water heater in our basement that resulted in some minor flooding. Fortunately most of the water went straight out the nearby garage thats across the hallway, but some ...
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How to put up a very small barrier on concrete to stop water running past it
I have a concrete driveway that leads to the garage, with a very slight slope towards the garage.
When it really rains hard, the water comes down into the garage.
I don't want a very high barrier, ...
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Why did my basement start flooding while replacing sump pump?
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Last June, we bought a 16 year old townhouse with a finished basement; the sump pump was broken at least since March, when we first saw the house, but I suspect it was broken for a much ...
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Water is leaking from basement toilet. help
I bought this house that was without electricity for 8 months (water pipes froze too).
I have a septic system.
I've removed toilet in the basement and plugged septic pipe (it was filled with water)...
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Small geyser coming out of the basement floor
My house is 40 years old. I have had basement flooding issues for years. With heavy rain, water comes out of my floors. I have a sump pump that takes care of it. Despite knowing better, Ive been able ...
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standalone pump options for leaky below-grade room
A friend of mine runs a martial arts studio where his concrete-floored office in the back is slightly below grade and floods every time it rains.
I assume that a proper solution would presumably ...
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What should I do about water filling the excavation for a house's foundation?
I live in Duluth, Minnesota. As stated, I am putting a new foundation on my house. When the contractor was excavating, they hit water. They are constantly pumping this water out. I now have 2 new ...
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How do I prevent flood waters from entering my house?
I live in a city where every time a heavy downpour lasts for more than 15 minutes there is flooding everywhere. When the water in the street have no more place to go, it then enters my driveway/patio. ...
