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1. You can use a shop vac to suck the water up. Sears, Home Depot, Lowes and those type stores sell them. 2. You can install a sump pump in the basement floor. This will act like a floor drain to keep the water from getting deep. Check out the link below for Sump Pumps for more information on what's involved. 3. You can use the Wet Basement Analyzer Tool below to help find the source of your basement water and also get some good advice on preventing future problems.
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Why is there a pole in your basement?
Typically the poles in a basement are to hold up the floor above.
Does water rise or seep up from the basement during a flood?
When underground water rises higher in the soil, than your basement floor, it creates hydrostatic pressure. This hydrostatic pressure is what causes water to come "UP" through the floor. Water can also build up outside your basement walls because of poor drainage and cause them to seep water. A good drainage system combined with a waterproof sealer, which will span any cracks and other defects in the basement walls, is a very good remedy to both type problems.
How do you enter a sump pump in a basement floor when water from a high water table is continuously pouring in?
Try to find the lowest point on the basement floor. Then either set a stand up pump at the low point, or cut a drain hole and set the pump in lower than the floor at the low point.
What would cause your basement floor to leak water about an hour after you run the washing machine one room away from the leak?
If you have a basement floor drain, chances are that you have a clog downstream somewhere, and it's backing up into your basement.
How do you seal a basement?
If you want to seal the basement to keep water out you are going about it wrong. If you seal it you are only postponing the problem. When the hydrostatic pressure on the outside of the wall gets great enough (from water building up) the water will come in one way or another. Basement waterproofing professionals know that you have to first relieve the hydrostatic pressure by letting the water in then use an above floor baseboard system to drain the water to a sump pump or drain. Waterproof.com has an above floor basement waterproofing system that you can install yourself for around $4 per foot.
Why is there 2 foot X 2 foot whole and 1 foot deep hole in my basement floor with a sump pump in a basement?
In rainy weather, the water table rises and ground water can sometimes "perc" up thru the ground and into your basement.It would pump the water out before it gets high enough to cause damage in your basement.
Transfer pump for basement washing machine that drains up?
what would be needed to drain a washing machine up from a basement? We have power and water, as the water heater is in the basement, but the drains are about five feet up.
Slow continuos flow of clear water coming up through your basement floor drain what could be causing this problem?
stoppage / broken water line /under ground seepage
What can I do about water in my basement from flooding?
First you need to find a way to drain out the standing water. Then you'll need to mop up the basement floor and find a way to dry out the area with dehumidifiers or fans. Check out this site for more details: http://www.geekbooks.com/basement_flooding_1000.htm
How do you stop water from going in to the basement?
Make sure you have gutters on the house and lead the water far enough away from the house. Make sure the ground around the house slopes away from the house. If you still get water in your basement it is caused by hydrostatic pressure. The water on the outside of the wall builds up until the hydrostatic pressure is great enough and the water then seeps through the block or enters where the floor and wall meet. This can be solved by using an above floor baseboard system to drain the water to a sump pump or drain. Waterproof.com has an above floor basement waterproofing system that you can install yourself for around $4 per foot.
What will you do if the guest vomited on the floor?
Clean it up!
When do you clean up spills in the kitchen?
You would have to clean up a spill,you drop somthing on the floor like juice,cake,anything that will stick on the floor.
