sump pump problems with flooding?

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I have a friend who has no help and can't afford to hire a professional. Her basement floods all the time. The water comes into her basement through the concrete floor, and the walls. I don't know alot of specifics. She bought carpet to lay before she knew this would become a reaccuring problema and since it was cut to reach wall to wall, she can't return it for a refund. She also found out tonight she owes ten thousand dollars to the IRS due to property taxes with her ex husband. 
But back to the flooding. She has city water. Her sump pump isn't working properly, and the past owners were people who had careers in knowing what to do with this problem. 
She wants to move, she hates the town she lives in. But she can't sell her house the way it is. I really want to help her, (I don't know anything to help her). 
What do you think she should do? How can I help her?

pucman1961 · Accepted Answer

If she wants to sell the house she needs to get this fixed. If she doesn't put this down as a problem when selling the house they can come back and sue her. 
    Buying a good reliable sump with enough pressure to pump is her best bet. Make sure to have sump pump with enough discharge pressure to pump into what ever she is pumping to. A good pump should be around 75 dollars. Don't cheap out. This is the biggest mistake people make when people choice a sump pump

? · Answer

With as a lot water as a tropical storm drops there fairly isn't so much you are able to do except attempt to divert the water to the neighborhood storm drain system. You are able to do this via jogging your gutters into corrugated pipe and draining them to the road. If there may be not already pipe there, it can be a gigantic job with various digging to place the pipe underground. A french drain approach of tiles or perforated corrugated pipe can also be mounted around foundations to divert extra water. These techniques must be underneath approx. 6" of gravel or different fabric on the way to drain quickly and run the equal position as your gutter system. Of path you'll want to make certain that your whole panorama is sloped faraway from the house. Sump pumps are used for draining crocks or different collection areas,and dont function good as regular pumps, they're going to work but expend speedily. Hope this helps and..........Batten Down those Hatches!

sonriel · Answer

She has to get control of this water problem, eve troughs on the house will catch the water and run it away from the house. Digging a 1 foot trench around the house and laying down a 4 inch corrugated tile will also catch ground water and route it away from the house. A good working sump pump is a must have to keep the basement dry

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