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Kingston,Mi | My house sits on a hill and the basement floor is exactly where the sand starts (above that is sandy clay loam). I had a couple of inches in one corner this past weekend after a fast 1.5 inch rainfall, but is was gone by the next day. Cause in my case was a sinking fill over a septic connection. That was cured today with several wheelbarrows of dirt.
Basement is a cheap square footage addition to a house and they needed a foundation anyway. We have used it for a tornado shelter once since I have lived here.
When my sister lived in Oklahoma City, they planned to build in a subdivision, met with the builder and ask about a basement. He said they did not use them because they leaked. Lois ask what they did for tornado shelter then. He told them he cast a concrete tornado shelter. She ask if it leaked because it would be in the ground. Nope, none of his ever leaked. She said fine, build ours the same size and shape as the house and under it.
They moved back to Michigan before they built.
Edited by BOGTROTTER 5/9/2012 20:17
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Flooded basement Q ?
