calflyguy94
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Hi I was wondering if anyone could answer my question. I have a 2 year old home and found a leak in the finished part of my basement. I have a poured foundation and this was a shrinkage crack vertical in length running from the corner of the basement window to the floor.
I had a repairman out to fix the crack, and it was raining really bad. Water was pouring in at the base of the crack only. You could see there was some dampness towards the top of the crack but all the water came from the base. He had been in the basement a good 1 1/2 hours when he asked why my sump pump hadn't come on. I told him since the house was built 2 years ago it never does. I also told him I pour water in the sump every now and then to check to see if the pump works, which it does. I thought thats all I needed to be concerned with.
He then said to me I wasn't the lucky guy on the street because it never came on, but the unlucky one because all my rain gutters are tied into the foundation drain tiles and water at some point durning a heavy rain would need to be drained. We checked the sump and the pipe into the home had dust in it. He thinks I have a break down in the foundation drainage system that the builder needs to come out and fix. He also stated that by the amount of water that is pouring in at the bottom of the crack by the floor sould have been carried away from the foundation had it been draining properly, and if this isn't fixed I would see more crack as thats what happens when water has no where to go.
My question that i want answered is this. Should my sump pump be coming on and off during heavy rains, like my neighbors. With my gutter system tied to the foundation drain wouldn't this be the case everytime we had strong storm?
I had a repairman out to fix the crack, and it was raining really bad. Water was pouring in at the base of the crack only. You could see there was some dampness towards the top of the crack but all the water came from the base. He had been in the basement a good 1 1/2 hours when he asked why my sump pump hadn't come on. I told him since the house was built 2 years ago it never does. I also told him I pour water in the sump every now and then to check to see if the pump works, which it does. I thought thats all I needed to be concerned with.
He then said to me I wasn't the lucky guy on the street because it never came on, but the unlucky one because all my rain gutters are tied into the foundation drain tiles and water at some point durning a heavy rain would need to be drained. We checked the sump and the pipe into the home had dust in it. He thinks I have a break down in the foundation drainage system that the builder needs to come out and fix. He also stated that by the amount of water that is pouring in at the bottom of the crack by the floor sould have been carried away from the foundation had it been draining properly, and if this isn't fixed I would see more crack as thats what happens when water has no where to go.
My question that i want answered is this. Should my sump pump be coming on and off during heavy rains, like my neighbors. With my gutter system tied to the foundation drain wouldn't this be the case everytime we had strong storm?