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Posted by grodenhiATgmailDOTcom on June 9, 2006, 12:49 pm
The house was built in the 50's and I believe it does have a drain tile
system (I know we have a french drain system inside that empties into a
sump pump. The problem has only occurred this one time and I don't
want to make it worse. For now I cleared all the mulch from in front
of the window bringing the ground level down a little. I also cleared
out the mulch downhill form the window. As I noted before, this window
is on the side of a slight slope that goes from right to left as you
look out the window.
Rudy wrote:
> What type of 'wall' surface is below your window ? I'm guessing concrete.
> Most basements (assuming dampproofed concrete walls below grade) have a
> drain tile running around the foundation to take away any water that 'percs'
> down thru the soil against the foundation. I don't know if this is what you
> have but if you do, you might dig out about 6" of soil and put gravel in,
> say 3" and leave a 3" space below the window. Thats what I'd do but I was
> there when all 3 of my homes were built and I know that it wouldn't cause a
> problem.
>
> On the otherhand, it seems many homes these days have 'leaky' foundations
> for one reason or another and all water should be directed away from the
> foundation. Leaks can take a long time to manifest themselves inside and
> once the damage appears inside, its too late.
>
> Ideally, you should regrade your ground level outside the window to make
> sure the water runs off and doesn't "pool"
>
> > > We have two standard sized basement windows both are only about 1 inch
> > > above the ground. Yesterday we had a VERY heavy wind driven rain (over
> > > 4 inches in 12 hours). Some water came in the bottom of the window.
> > > I checked outside and it looks like a small puddle formed in front of
> > > the window and flowed into the window once it rose to the level of the
> > > window. The natural grade is slightly AWAY from the window and also
> > > run slightly down hill from one side of the window to another. While
> > > this has only occurred once, I want to stop it from occurring again.
> > > Since the whole window is above ground would I still dig a window well?
> > > If not, should a dig maybe 6 inches down in front of the window and
> > > simply fill with gravel, or would that set me up for more problems?
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