bpond
June 8th, 2006, 12:02 PM
I have a 10ish year old colonial in Coventry RI situated on a relatively high point in town. Never had water in ten years until last fall with the torrents that were unleashed at that time. I ended up lugging out 90+ full 12 gallon wet vacs. Finally determined that the water was coming in at the floor wall seam and the bulkhead stairs to floor seam. Making matters worse was that the front half of the basement was finished a few months prior. This means subfloor, carpeting and pad all had to be ripped up and lugged out. I also had to cut away the bottom 8" or so of the paneling as mold was developing and I needed to kill mold on the studs also.
Anyway. It has been fine until this week. This morning I checked and water is coming in at the same points. Luckily I never put up new baseboard and put down only throw rugs that I was able to move away. The amount is not huge but I am sure it will grow tomorrow if we get more rain.
I have read other threads where you mention the drain at the bottom of the stairs, makes sense. But what can be done to fix the issue of the floor/wall seam. It appears to be confined to one wall but who knows what will happen in another bad scenario. I assume that at the very least the studded and paneled wall on the side with the issue would need to come down?
P.s. the house has no sump system and I do not think there are French drains. I believe the perk testing before construction showed no problems but I know that has alot to do with exactly where the pipe goes.
THanks in advance for the advice.
Bob
Anyway. It has been fine until this week. This morning I checked and water is coming in at the same points. Luckily I never put up new baseboard and put down only throw rugs that I was able to move away. The amount is not huge but I am sure it will grow tomorrow if we get more rain.
I have read other threads where you mention the drain at the bottom of the stairs, makes sense. But what can be done to fix the issue of the floor/wall seam. It appears to be confined to one wall but who knows what will happen in another bad scenario. I assume that at the very least the studded and paneled wall on the side with the issue would need to come down?
P.s. the house has no sump system and I do not think there are French drains. I believe the perk testing before construction showed no problems but I know that has alot to do with exactly where the pipe goes.
THanks in advance for the advice.
Bob