My Basement is Leaking Care to Chime In?

[SLAG]

Here are some "Action" Photos..

the water is weeping from under the stairs and you can hear a constant of running water..

I have shut off the Main House Water and It is still coming.. You can hear the water running into the sump pump area and the sump pump seems to be working..

Is it just that its soo much rain... we have had HARD rain before but nothing has leaked.. even when we got the house inspected it had Rained real bad the night before and no water anywhere

anyway just seeing if anyone had any ideas or maybe you can offer up a prayer lol

thanks
If you want a high res pic i can give you a link or just copy the picture location and remove the "normal" tag

[SPchief]

You have a hole somewhere that water can leak in?

[Guru]

Tell the basement to go outside to relieve itself.

[boogblaster]

yep probably ground water getting in from somewhere

[Halfcan]

time to move

[wutamess]

He just moved IN.

[Jenson71]

Don't listen to the people who are going to suggest pouring buckets of antifreeze on the floor.

[wutamess]

Unfortunately... I'm in the same boat as you tonight.
My roof is leaking and I've been putting it off for a while now. Can't take it anymore and prolly gonna get a new roof on ASAP.

[SPchief]

Sorry to hear that wutamess. I just moved into this house about 7 months ago, and while we have had some rain, nothing nearly as bad as tonight. I've been looking around and not one place in the house has leaked. So I'm happy about that.

[Bugeater]

It's probably a little late for this, but always make sure your gutters and downspouts are clear of debris. Clogged and overflowing gutters can send lots of water where you don't want it.

[SLAG]

Originally Posted by SPchief

Sorry to hear that wutamess. I just moved into this house about 7 months ago, and while we have had some rain, nothing nearly as bad as tonight. I've been looking around and not one place in the house has leaked. So I'm happy about that.

See We have had rain this hard before IMHO

and No leaks before and that makes me curious as to why now

[Phobia]

It happens, Slag. Make sure your yard runs AWAY from the house. Sometimes it settles and creates a collection area around your foundation. When it has nowhere else to go eventually it penetrates.

[Guru]

Originally Posted by Phobia

It happens, Slag. Make sure your yard runs AWAY from the house. Sometimes it settles and creates a collection area around your foundation. When it has nowhere else to go eventually it penetrates.

That just sounds wrong!

[Bowser]

I had a sump pump system put in that included the trenches around the base of my walls, with vinyl coverings on the walls. If water leaked in any cracks, it would run down the back of the vinyl into the trench to the sump pump. My basement has been dry going on three years now, and I actually considered stocking my basement it was so wet.

[SPchief]

Originally Posted by Phobia

It happens, Slag. Make sure your yard runs AWAY from the house. Sometimes it settles and creates a collection area around your foundation. When it has nowhere else to go eventually it penetrates.

Good point. When I first put my bid in, one thing that I had him do was to have the ground around the perimiter of the house be sloping away from the foundation before I bought it.