Basement Project
Window well and pails of rocks.
The metal drain at the bottom of the dug out hole screwed tight.
Hole bored from the outside to the inside of the basement wall.
If the window well water was excessive enough it would filter through that metal drain, flow through the hole in the basement wall run down this rod well and enter the tile that we have around the perimeter of the basement.
We are totally secure with water issues as all the work is warrantied. Complete Basements came with a trailer of dirt. Our entire north side of the house now has a good slope towards the north. Sweet!
Here in St. James it is not about who lives on what side of the railroad tracks, it is all about who lives at the high water mark and who lives at the low water mark. We live in a part of our city that is considered the low water part. Today we had Complete Basements of Mankato come and give us the next level of safety for excess water that may infiltrate one of our window wells that is about 2″ from the sump water as it comes up and out. This winter the underground line to take away the water did freeze over. It was a bit hairy for a while as the water was encroaching the window well. Once inside the window well it would follow the path of least resistance and stream down on the inside of the basement wall. I have captured photos of their work today. The rod well has been screwed into place and also an adhesive was put all the way around it. After a day or two I will be able to put my shelves back up as the depth of this is the same as the shelving rods. The window well on the outside of the house has 24 inches of river rock in it. This was a good day here on Stauffer Ave.