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| Mike A:
Over the last 3 years my basement has developed a flooding problem. I tried a bunch of ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- to fix it and failed. This year has been the worst so far. After the first round of thunderstorms half my basement flooded and the water would not recede. My sump pump ran 24/7 and I was vacuuming up 100+ gallons of water a night. I looked up drastic measures on the internet. I saw an effective system was to trench around the interior perimeter of your basement and install drain tile. Awesome. Demolition. My specialty. I started doing the math and I determined that a 16 inch trench through 5 inches of concrete over 180 linear feet, AND 40 feet of drain pipe buried outside my house was too much work for me and a friend or two. Time to hire professionals. Trench New sump pit. 2 24 inch basins tied together. New pump and a backup pump. New concrete poured. They also installed drains tied into the new system in all 4 of my window wells. There is a channel around the entire perimeter of the basement that will catch water from cracks that develop in the basement walls. Done in 3 days. Now the new shop will begin to take shape. More posts will follow as things develop. First I have to wait a day or two longer for the concrete to cure. |
| Mike A:
Phase 1 was completed before the drain tile installation. I ran 3 x 20 amp circuits along the length of my basement. There are two lines of outlets every ten feet on the ceiling. The third line runs outlets every ten feet along one wall. I have 2 x 30 amp 220 circuits running into the new wood shop area. The wood shop will be 27' x 27' It will be walled off from the rest of the basement. More to follow in a day or two. |
| opt2not:
This is going to pay off. Subscribed. |
| bperkins01:
God - you have so much room.... now. :applaud: |
| jdbailey1206:
Good to see you are back on solid ground Mike. We have a saying on our job sites, "Never assume the guy before you did it correctly." I can't wait to see your new wood working shop. |
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