A flooded basement can happen at any time. Basement flooding can often be attributed to inadequate drainage around your basement walls, heavy storms, a faulty sump pump or appliance failure. Many basements have floor drains to keep the space from flooding with water and damaging the floor and ...
Whether it comes up through floor drains or backs up into sinks, you smell it first. The stench of sewage in the basement is unmistakable. Once you figure out the cause and address repairs, you’re still facing an unhealthy mess. Do you know how to clean sewage backup in the basement?
Water From a Floor Drain or Plumbing Fixture A backup from the floor drain or an overflowing plumbing fixture is always a sign that thesanitary lateralis partially or fully blocked. The blockage may be a physical blockage such as roots, grease, tangled items such as wet wipes, or the worst ...
For this project we didn’t insulate the concrete floors because we have radiant heated slabs. However, if your home doesn’t have radiant heat and you’re looking for information on that topic then we recommend you readHow To Insulate A Concrete Floor. ...
The interlocking snap together raised floor tiles, Max Floor Tiles, are the very best & most durable modular and basement floor tiles on the DIY market.
Standing water on the basement floor every spring was a special attraction in the 1910 house where I grew up, on a side street near Red Bolling’s legendary Tastee Freez (now known as Red’s). When we moved in, in 1958, the largest of the three cellar rooms was set off by a pair...
The water comes up from the floor by the footings were the concrete has broken away and it appears that the floor is just a skim coating of concrete about 1.5 inches thick. I have gotten several conflicting opinions/estimates about installing sump pumps (French drains are just too cost prohib...
Water Coming Up from the Basement Floor There are severalpotential causesof water coming up from the basement floor, the most common being groundwater. Wet Basement Walls or Floor If the foundation wall or floor in your basement feels damp when you touch it, you may have a leak. In scenari...
Sump pump: A pump used to mechanically evacuate water that has accumulated in a sump pit or liner, usually found beneath the floor in the basement of homes. The water may enter the sump pit via the perimeter drains of a basement waterproofing system such as weeping tile or an internal de...
I loved our energy and watching the dance floor fill over the course of the night — most nights…. I was so young! It was a time of learning, maturing, exploring and lots of really great fun. Looking back, I was very excited, and lucky really, to be playing with such talented frie...