Water sucks!

[Skip Towne]

I had that problem so I called Chuck Norris. Water does what Chuck TELLS it to do!!

[Bugeater]

We came within .5" of breaking the May rainfall record that was set in 1883.

[Mr. Plow]

Freezing water sucks as well.

All hell is supposed to break loose tonight. Predictions of 1-2 inches of ice. Freezing rain from 2p today until sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday.

I reiterate.....all forms of water suck.

[Ari ümlaüt]

my wife just wrecked my car. Women can't drive, especially in this shit. What a ****ing idiot.

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by ümlaüt

my wife just wrecked my car. Women can't drive, especially in this shit. What a ****ing idiot.

Women have trouble driving on dry pavement let alone ice. Just use antifreeze.

[StcChief]

They make window well hard clear plastic covers for this problem

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by StcChief

They make window well hard clear plastic covers for this problem

That works......for the water coming down into the well. But when the water seeps down through the dirt and then up into the well, it really doesn't help.


I'm going to start a petition to ban water from Earth.

[Mr. Plow]

And in regards to the freezing rain......it'll never happen here in Hutch. I'm MUCH too prepared for it. Food. Baby food. Diapers. Generator. Firewood. Condoms. Lube. DVD copy of Debbie does Dallas. Salt for the driveway. Snow shovel. It's never gonna happen.

[Mr. Plow]

Have you ever hand dug a 6 inch deep, 30 foot long trench? I have and it sucks. Ya, I'm sure someone out there is going to say "you should have used a trencher." Let me save you the time and say it wouldn't of worked.

After the last damn rain, we dug that damn thing, laid a 4 inch pipe in it, and ran my down spouts into that pipe which empties WAAAAAAAAAY away from the house. Guess what happened.....IT HASN'T RAINED SINCE!

Fugg you Rain! I hope you.....errrr.....uhhh....I'm not sure what bad to wish upon rain, but whatever bad there is for rain, I'm for it.

Damn I wish we still had tags.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

Have you ever hand dug a 6 inch deep, 30 foot long trench? I have and it sucks. Ya, I'm sure someone out there is going to say "you should have used a trencher." Let me save you the time and say it wouldn't of worked.

After the last damn rain, we dug that damn thing, laid a 4 inch pipe in it, and ran my down spouts into that pipe which empties WAAAAAAAAAY away from the house. Guess what happened.....IT HASN'T RAINED SINCE!

Fugg you Rain! I hope you.....errrr.....uhhh....I'm not sure what bad to wish upon rain, but whatever bad there is for rain, I'm for it.

Damn I wish we still had tags.

You should wish for evaporation. That'll show that damn rain!

[Mr. Plow]

3 years later, water still sucks ass.

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

3 years later, water still sucks ass.

Gonzo and I have had the exact same problem w/ our basement since we bought our house. Water was filling up in our window well and coming in around the window. I finally had enough of the bs and corrected the problem for less than $100.

I installed a basic sump pump and hose attachment kit into the window well a couple of weeks ago and it works great! The only downside to doing this is when you try to sell your home, the buyers might be put-off by it. However, it can be explained WHY it was done and, depending on the buyer, you might not have a problem selling your home.

So here's what I did... First I took a pole digger and dug approx. 2 ft down into the window well. Put down landscape fabric, (this helps keep mud and debris from being sucked into the pump). Placed 3 layers of bricks in the well to form a "border" around the pump area, (in my case, I had leftover Dakota bricks from when I installed a new patio). Then I placed river rock on the outside of the brick border and up along the wall of mud, (this helps filter the water as well). Next, I took a square, plastic container and drilled several holes in the top half of all 4 walls.

Now for the sump pump: I placed it into the plastic container, (making damn sure that the float wouldn't hit anything!). Lastly... the "test"... I placed a garden hose in the plastic container and filled up the window well. I had to do some additional digging to drop the pump down so that the float would begin before the water got to the window. After a few adjustments to the float, BOOYAH! No water has entered our basement since, (and we have had some major downpours).

Btw, prior to this, I did install a "dry" French Drain. It works fairly well for moving the water away from the foundation, but if rain is directly hitting your window well area, it is full of fail.

So, if you plan on doing the sump pump installation... be prepared to get dirty.

Best of luck to ya!

[Chief Pote]

I always thought that window wells are constructed with perimeter drain pipe extending up the wall vertically into the well to drain the well? Is this not the case on all homes? Only newer homes....

[Lumpy]

Originally Posted by ChiefPote

I always thought that window wells are constructed with perimeter drain pipe extending up the wall vertically into the well to drain the well? Is this not the case on all homes? Only newer homes....

I think it depends on when the house was built. I believe they do that standard now w/ new home construction. But, as far as older homes, (like ours... built in '65), we don't have any perimeter drain pipes. We do, however, have a sump pump in the lowest area of our basement, but that SOB doesn't kick on unless the water table is extremely high.

[googlegoogle]

JK