Interior Drainage System Beneath the Slab

[greygoose]

Interior Drainage System Beneath the Slab
does anyone know what this is?

approach #5 here
http://www.hipspro.com/basements/basementmoisture.html


i need to know how much this will cost for a basement in new jersey. the basement is 20x30 trying to redo our basement.
we thought about doing this externally but the cost will be at least $40,000 if done externally

any contractors know about this?

 

[deputy dawg]

That's an elaborate system. Is water coming in from a place other than a wall that a low-cost sump pump placed properly won't/can't handle?

 

[WRongKind1]

It's easier to do the external one. What are you trying to do, and what type of problem are you having with your basement?

 

[greygoose]

It's easier to do the external one. What are you trying to do, and what type of problem are you having with your basement?

easier? how so? does it not involve diggin around the four corners of the house and installing a waterproofing system? all the quotes are at least $40,000 for that

its more expensive to do it externally

That's an elaborate system. Is water coming in from a place other than a wall that a low-cost sump pump placed properly won't/can't handle?

sump pump wont cure the problem of water seeping through the walls. years from now the house can possibly collapse from the foundation getting weak after extensive water damage cant it? water cant be good

a sump pump will only stop water from accumulating on the floor, it wont stop water from building up in the walls and leaking in

 

[deputy dawg]

sump pump wont cure the problem of water seeping through the walls.

When the water gets inside it will fall to the floor. The basement floor can be sloped to make the water flow to the low point, which is where the sump should be located.

years from now the house can possibly collapse from the foundation getting weak after extensive water damage cant it? water cant be good

a sump pump will only stop water from accumulating on the floor, it wont stop water from building up in the walls and leaking in

I've never heard of water leaks actually causing foundations to collapse except when extreme negligence happens in old, poorly constructed buildings.

Does water seep into one wall or more than one? One or two walls can have the water directed to a corner sump. The pump then sends the water into the sewer line.


I grew up in a 3br ranch in CT that had water seep in at the back wall near the hatchway entry.
(sample pics - not my actual situation, but very close)

We had the old hatchway door removed,

all walls in the stairway space and the entire back wall sealed with a cement sealer,

then a new hatchway door installed.

You never really stop water completely once you have that problem. You seal the walls and al is dry for a while, but this method only redirects water.

You direct downspouts away from the house, slope the ground next to the house to make water flow away and not collect nearby. Outside this was the shady back of the property so we put landscape plastic down over the newly sloped ground to minimize water collecting close by, mulched around several hostas planted there to soak up the water. Low maintenance plants that grew huge over the years and kept things outside dryer. After a few years we saw water again so a sump was placed. The basement was finished except for that back section - that was where storage shelves and the washer/dryer was placed.

some links:

http://www.popularmechanics.com/home/1276106

http://www.friendlyplumber.com/images/plumbing_101_images/sumphouse.gif

As I'm typing this an ad on TV for this company just aired:
www.ctdrybasements.com/

Are you gonna finish the basement of just want to solve the water problem?

 

[greygoose]

want to solve the water problem now, but want to go beyond a sump pump. i dont like the idea of water seeping through the walls regardless of if it will get collected.
i dont want to slope the walls either, again, this allows for water coming in through the walls and colleting on the floor.



so nobody can estimate how much this will cost me?
im not trying to spend 10,000, a friend said he had it done for 6,000 and this seems like a better price although i thought it'd be like 4-5,000. but i dont know.
have a few more contractors coming this weekend

 

[CybaCipha]

Good luck,
I have a similar situation.

Natural stone walls in the basement and just a little water seeping into the basement when it rains. The walls don't really leak, It's more like they sweat. Water never collects past one corner of the basement.

I'm afraid to finish it cause once I close it up/finish it, I will close that moisture into the floor.

I had those dry basement people come in and give me a couple quotes and it was 10k - 20k. Their solutions don't stop the sweat but I could definitely finish my basement and not worry about it.

Pz

 

[greygoose]

Good luck,
I have a similar situation.

Natural stone walls in the basement and just a little water seeping into the basement when it rains. The walls don't really leak, It's more like they sweat. Water never collects past one corner of the basement.

I'm afraid to finish it cause once I close it up/finish it, I will close that moisture into the floor.

I had those dry basement people come in and give me a couple quotes and it was 10k - 20k. Their solutions don't stop the sweat but I could definitely finish my basement and not worry about it.

Pz

im no expert, but water damage is never a good thing, in the long run its going to be spartaaa up in that basement.

as for me its going to set me back at least $5k, but im going to address this issue before the end of the year. ive decided that just a pump wont cut it for my needs.

let me know what you end up doing fam