What will be
going on out there today can be the worst case scenario when it comes to basement leaks.
The snow will be melting but the ground is frozen to a two to four inch depth, so the water has no
place to perk into the ground.
Where the
real trouble lies is at the foundation wall. Over the years the soil next to
this wall expands and contracts, leaving a gap between the settling soil and
the wall, a virtual raceway down to the footing. And if that weren’t bad
enough, the soil most likely has settled there, causing the dirt to slope back
toward the wall. The laws of physics will cause this water, which has no place
to go, to run down this crack and leak out into your basement where the wall and footing meet. Those of you on
clay soils run an even greater threat.
What you can do now though is to make sure your sump pump is working. More people have been caught off guard because of a faulty pump; they were ready, just not operational.
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