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Now a new problem. My concrete contractor was supposed to install a drywell at the bottom of my basement stairs( the outside entrance). Well we had a bit of rain last week and no I don’t have gutters on the new house yet. Needless to say I got 2-3 inches of water in the basement. It overflowed into and through the door.Naturally I called, he blamed it on other stuff which it wasn’t. It turns out they installed less than 1/3 of a 55 gallon drum and it couldn’t hold water. The soil is sandy and should drain but not with such a small resovoir.
Now the point.while I was away from the job they returned dug it out, and it is my understanding inserted a Large Landscape type garbage can (the Green one) into the hole, hopefully with holes cut into it. And sealed it all up again. My Question should and will this work. Is the can strong enough. How long should it last before the next disaster, or should I Stop being Anal and relax a little…
Thanks in advance George
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Geo,
The problem isn't the size of the drywell. The problem is that there is always a heavier rainfall sometime in the future.
You need to get the gutters up with the downspouts moving the water away from the house and address the landscaping to prevent water from flowing to the house.
Sounds like the back door threshold is a bit low, too.
Just an opinion...
Rich Beckman
*Geo-The question of whether it will work or not needs to be addressed before you do anything. This is what the design phase is for. Maybe the 55 gal. drum could work though it seems to me it would rust. Maybe this new solution will work. Isn't it up to you to tell the concrete guy what you want? Or is he a civil engineer as well? I hope the new fix works for you. You will know sooner or later.
*if the container has a drain to daylight it will work.. if it doesn't , then it is just a sump and needs a sump pump with a discharge route..you have only half the solution installed..now you have to figure what to do with the water when it gets to the container
*Geo, A sump pump would be cheap insurance, no matter how well the soil drains, at some point in time it will become saturated and back up. This is where the sump pump would kick in, besides do you really want all that water under your slab?
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Now a new problem. My concrete contractor was supposed to install a drywell at the bottom of my basement stairs( the outside entrance). Well we had a bit of rain last week and no I don't have gutters on the new house yet. Needless to say I got 2-3 inches of water in the basement. It overflowed into and through the door.Naturally I called, he blamed it on other stuff which it wasn't. It turns out they installed less than 1/3 of a 55 gallon drum and it couldn't hold water. The soil is sandy and should drain but not with such a small resovoir.
Now the point.while I was away from the job they returned dug it out, and it is my understanding inserted a Large Landscape type garbage can (the Green one) into the hole, hopefully with holes cut into it. And sealed it all up again. My Question should and will this work. Is the can strong enough. How long should it last before the next disaster, or should I Stop being Anal and relax a little...
Thanks in advance George