Wet Park Slope Basement after heavy rain

john casson

My basement gets very wet after it rains heavily.  Park of the problem results from a nearby underground stream flowing into the Gowanus watershed. Has anyone had experience using sump pumps and french drains to solve such a problem or do you know of anyone who has dealt with this problem using french drains and a sump pump?

pragmaticguy

If you don't have a French drain now, you're not going to put it in because they'd have to make a sort of trench around your whole foundation. Sump pump is a better idea if there's a few inches of water because if it's just the floor getting wet it's not going to suck up enough to help. Of course, you have to have a place for the hose to drain so it goes either in a slop sink or outside.

photogirl

I had a French drain and sump pump installed last year and so far it has worked great. I was getting water from the back wall of the basement and a couple of feet in from the back wall on either side. They dug the trench in this area, put in a pipe with holes in it draining into a pit with a sump pump and filled it back in except for about a 2 inch gap next to the wall. Now any water that seeps through the back wall of our basement--which is rock--drains into the pipe and sump pump. I can't see why it won't completely solve the problem we were having, given the way that water was getting in.

furnitureassembly

Hi if interesting I can forward my plumbers info he specializes in installing sump pumps. .been doing it for many years he is the go to guy in my neighborhood.

john casson

I would greatly appreciate your providing me with your plumber's info.  Thanks for the offer.