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Potomac IL | We just built a house last year. I did not want a wet basement. We went with a 10 inch wall with a brickledge. We didn't brick the house but just in case down the road. 3 foot of our basement was out of ground to keep above the watertable. that a big thing most people forget in town check your watertable you dont wa nt or need your sump running all the time your setting yourself up for trouble. We had a form a drain and put pee gravel up until the ground level. Basement guy said why are you doing that I told them I didn't want water trouble. I couldn't believe that most people use dirt as fill even in their garage. People just can't believe dirt will settle that much after you run over some many times but it does around here anyway. Also put in a outside and an inside sump pit. I've got the outside one a little lower so runs first can't even hear it run. If I can hear my inside one run I know I have trouble outside somewhere. We have had the wettest summer on history and I had a dry basement. Next project is to finish the basement. | |
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