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Woke up to a flooded basement

Geo-TH,In

Geo-TH,In

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We had a good rain last night. No water to make
coffee. Went to basement and discovered floor was
covered with water. I made a device that when it
detects water on floor, the well shuts off. Reset
the well, no plumbing leaks. Well works fine. The
only thing I could figure is I have 2
dehumidifiers in the basement. Looks like the
drain hose got moved away from floor drain. Just
my luck, water runs away from the drain. The
dehumidifier is showing 75% humidity.

You may not have the problem I have, but Humidity
is definately a problem in Indiana. At night the
relative humidity is 100% producing dew on the
grass.
George
 

I have to periodically pack some gravel into the latest path that the rain water coming off the roof makes down into the stone foundation. I have a gutter there, but the water coming down a valley is often too much for the gutter. Fortunately the basement is gravity drain out.
 
I forgot to mention, the water in basement wasn't
rain, just humidity. In 2008 we got 12 inches of
rain in 24 hours. Talk about a flood. Water from
neighbor's fields came running toward the basement
windows. Lucky the glass didn't break. Got about 2
inches of water in basement. That's when I decided
to angle all the clay dirt away from house and
make a drainage valleys so water can run away from
house instead towards house. It took weeks with
backhoe to make my own wabash valley drainage
system. Had to remove all the flower beds from
house, which boss at the time wasn't very happy.
So after the major dirt moving project, we haven't
had a flooded basement. The dehumidifiers caused
the problem this morning.

I thought I would post it because of all the
recent dehumidifier posts.

When we get a down pour, it's cool to watch my
river system fill up and drain over the hill.
 
Hey George, I'm sittin on an aquifer that floods my cellar on occasion. I gave up on the de-humidifier years ago. Expensive to run and always some kind of maintenance. I have a floor fan that I run and keeps the cellar quite pleasant. I read that when libraries and museums flood or have water problems they use fans and not de-humidifiers to dry out. Just a thought, give it a try, I'm sure you'll be pleased. Good luck! joe
 
I would never have guessed you guys would have such a humidity problem.
Now if you lived in the deep south 10 miles from a large body of open water like I do then that would be a different story.

How far are you from a large body of water such as the great lakes?
Considering warm air holds more moisture has it really been that warm overnight already?
 
George, if it is a problem every once in a while just drill some 1/4" holes in the floor at the wet spots. If your floor isn't finished. You'll never notice them and they will drain the water to the sump via the gravel base.
 
My brother was getting water in the basement of the farm house the past few years due to high water table. Owner of adjacent property had drain tile installed; that ended the water in his basement.
 
I live in W centeral Indiana about 150 miles south of lake GL.

What many are missing, My problem had nothing to do with the rain. When I went to the basement I thought it may have been caused by rain, it wasn't. It's the HUMIDITY and the drain hose from dehumidifire was moved about 6 inches from floor drain. Where the water ran away from drain. All is well.

Even if gutters have an issue, the clay soil is angled away from house and the rain won't ever get in basement unless it rain for 40 days, 40 night and Mosses if building a very big boat.

Under my 3 ft of clay is sand and gravel. In my back yard, there is a 30 drop of to an old gravel pit. My drainage system diverts all excess water to the gravel pit.

So we stay high and dry.
 
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