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re: Water in basement of home we just bought

Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:13 pm to
Posted by oldskule
Down South
Member since Mar 2016
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Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:13 pm to
basement in Louisiana?
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
22831 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:52 pm to
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My FIL has the sump pump in his basement in Alabama. His runs continuously when the water level comes up. He has a foundation issue and needs the pump. When power goes off he has an alarm that sounds so he can go start the generator t9o run his pump. I’d run away from a plan to buy a house if it had a sump pump 8n the basement


I thought all basements had sump pumps? They’re in damn near every house in my area with a basement.
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
22831 posts
Posted on 5/29/25 at 6:53 pm to
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basement in Louisiana?


Rural VA.
Posted by East Coast Band
Member since Nov 2010
65884 posts
Posted on 5/30/25 at 3:59 pm to
We get some water in our basement ( we have a daylight basement that opens to the back to ground level.
We are adding better French drains to keep water from getting to the basement in the first place
What type of French drains, etc are there and what could be added?
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