I put in a bunch of screens to contain mosquitoes. My barrel just does the shed roof, about 225 square feet and an inch of rain has it overflowing.
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Enough of COVID...what are you doing to the house?
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Got a small sloped roof over the front door, gutter is about 2 feet in length and has its own downspout that goes in the weeping tile (I think) my problem is if I pull downspout out it will flood the front of the house as the water is trapped between the house and the front walkway. The rain barrel can catch the rain then use a hose to allow the water to move over the walkway to the slope of the property.
Just need a temporary solution until I get everything replaced.
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Entire front foundation getting waterproofed, and half the back, trenching out all downspouts at least 20ft from house with hard pipe and wash outs. Removing front garden beds, replacing with crushed stone and rock features, grading all property to slope away from house.
Hopefully no more water issues
Entire front foundation getting waterproofed, and half the back, trenching out all downspouts at least 20ft from house with hard pipe and wash outs. Removing front garden beds, replacing with crushed stone and rock features, grading all property to slope away from house.
Hopefully no more water issues
It's not a cheap solution but we found it worth it. 20 years later the price is forgotten.
Wow that took a turn for a much more involving project.
What did they say? It’s not a single spot? Or they see future issues?
Regardless good luck with that project! Hope it goes well.
Found out my nieces husband does this for a living and it's his business.
Came out the house for a visit, discussed the issue, measured it up and we agreed on a price.
He'll be out tomorrow to start the job.
Don't want any issues (hopefully) in the future and doing everything I can to resolve them now. Decided to start at the ground and work my way up with repairs etc.
Came out the house for a visit, discussed the issue, measured it up and we agreed on a price.
He'll be out tomorrow to start the job.
Don't want any issues (hopefully) in the future and doing everything I can to resolve them now. Decided to start at the ground and work my way up with repairs etc.
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Didnt you just purchase the property? A basement water leak would be a material latent defect, if you can see old/previous water damage/mould when you open the drywall you may have a case.
Good call. This may qualify as something the seller knew about as a major issue, and failed to disclose.
Perhaps, either way it has to be fixed.
Good luck getting anything just going to cost you money and pay some lawyers.
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Just call your lawyer asap. You may need more paperwork prior to commencing work if you want them to pickup the bill.
Call your real estate lawyer. Give him the info.
Sometimes a strongly worded legal letter is all it takes.
Especially when they know they screwed you. Cc the RE agents as their licenses are on the line.
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I thought of the same thing.
Did you have a home inspection done prior to signing the paperwork? Who picked the inspector and how legitimate were they?
It probably will be a long battle should your peruse legal action with this. But I'm sure its worth asking anyways.
Good luck either way. I'm sure this isn't a project you were planning on doing.
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Agreed, everything was done correctly at the time.
Home inspector was highly rated and no way they could have spotted this at the time of inspection. Legal action will just cost me money and time and to be honest I'm not interested in chasing down people for a tiny leak in a almost 30 year old foundation.
I'm getting a lot of proactive work done beyond the leak and that is what is important to me.
Note , don’t sell a house to @mimico or @GreyGhost , @scubasteve and@jampy00 are on the sell to list .
Lawyers …. Oy vey .
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Lawyers …. Oy vey .
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Especially when you have known structural / foundation issues!
I'd be lawyering up within an hour of discovering such an issue!
Nothing is perfect and whether the leaks were tolerable is subjective. One has to balance moving forward in full control with a largely known cost against a litigation crap shoot.
They key word is "known" could be tough to prove and not worth my time. I'm dealing with a tiny amount of water, not a flooded basement..
Let's get the focus back to what this post is about, doing stuff/improvements to your home.
The dig starts today starting with the area of concern, I'll know what the exact situation is once the foundation is exposed..
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