Dry basement

It's been raining all week, the snow is all gone and my basement is dry. I bought this house 2 years ago and had water in the basement each spring. I regraded the yard and poured new sidewalks last fall and crossed my fingers when it started warming up. Hallelujah, its dry as a bone down there. Now all i have to do is grow a yard.

i bet that is a relief

congrats! I live where i get water in my basement so i installed a sump pump.my street is angled and the road sloops towards my house. so i get a wet basement on supper hard rains. after all this rain since friday..still dry.

Hey Mike go down to Greten's and talk to there grass specialist. They were very helpful with some projects I was working on.

Do you guys have cinder block basement walls, or poured concrete walls?

Oh I don't miss those days at all. When I was a teenager we had a house the would damn near flood every spring. My bedroom was in the basement and nothing would make you happier than getting out of bed and stepping in 2-3" of water. I don't know why my dad never got it fixed??????

Dave! mine is the old cinder block walls, it had a dirt/clay basement floor and no footers when i bought the house
i have since added footers and a floor with a sump hole in the lowest corner

We just did an insurance cleaning job, a lady's sump pump quit and she ended up with a few inches of water all over her carpet. They replaced the underpad, we got her carpet all cleaned up!!

It's good to get one with a battery back up. And check it often!!

Bill