Posted: 1/13/2003 3:21:10 PM EDT
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I have a partial basement that has a crawl space under our kitchen. There is an entry way for the crawl space in my shop. We have been here for 2 years. Ever since we bought it and had several days of hard rain, I would get water over the top of this lip and it would flow down the wall to the floor drain. This winter the wall got a hairline crack and started leaking in 2 places in the crack. I am having the crack sealed (professionally) and am putting in a sump pump in the crawl space. This should relieve the water from the wall and get it out in the yard where it belongs. The crawl space is below grade, built out of cinder blocks, and it seems all the water wants to go in there. Here is my question. I have a 24" x 18" wide sump liner that is made of hard thick plastic. On handyman they say to drill holes and then wrap the outside with some sort of cloth to keep out sediment. I am thinking that if the holes were many, like one every inch or so, and small like 3/16" or so I might not need the cloth sediment filter. Don't get me wrong, I'm not being cheap here, it's just that I don't see that sediment filter lasting long term, plus I cannot seem to find it anywhere. Help! Bob |
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Thanks for the advice guys. This is a job I am not looking forward to at all. Digging a sump in a crawl space and hauling in gravel with no direct outside access. I have to go throught the kitchen. [:(] Thank heavens we haven't replaced the kitchen floor yet. Bob |
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Put a couple of bricks underneath the sump pump, that will keep it above any sediment. I've done it this way for many, many years & have never had any problems at all. ColtShorty© "I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people and I require the same from them." |