High water table - new sump? french drain? other advice?
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Comments (14)What specs would a pump need to drip irrigate a 10 x 20 hillside community garden plot from a storage barrel on the plot? What lift/head, etc do I need to look for in a pump? I will power it with batteries, and use a timer to cycle it off and on. It need not move much water��"as little as 1 to 2 gallons per minute would be o.k. Worst dry and hot conditions scenario, the maximum amount or water that the pump would need to move would be perhaps 26 to 40 gallons of water per day. This is a guess, of course. The barrel must be placed no closer than 2 feet from the top of the plot, or from any of the boarders around the plot, and it cannot exceed five feet. This rules out gravity drip, which needs to be elevated 3 feet (according to a Chapin Living Waters person that I contacted), which would cause the barrel and pedestal to exceed the community garden's height limitations.) We're in a drought, the climate is dry and the soil is sandy, and I want to save water....See MoreHigh water table under our house? It's on a hill
Comments (5)In sites where there is a high-water table, it is sometimes necessary to install pumps at the perimeter of the property just to keep the excavation dry enough to pour the foundation. And the pumps then remain in place permanently. Here's a picture of a house I built in 1989 (r) and lived in for a couple of years. To the left is a home built in 2007. Both have similar deep basements. Mine was dry as a bone; the home on the left has a sump pump that runs 24/7. (The owner also has a battery backup pump and a spare, just in case.) I also built two more homes down the same street, maybe a 20 foot lower elevation. No water problems at all....See MoreYard Drainage - French Drain, Planting, Other?
Comments (4)You need to get this fixed by the builder. Has the inspector seen this, you need to contact them possibly and point that out. My nephew had a new home built. It passed all inspections. Of course turns out inspector was good buddies with builder. After they moved in before sod placed he called builder (home finished in February in Minnesota so snow on ground) because he was concerned about how close the sod would be to siding, maybe basement brick foundation had dirt to high. Build said it's fine said he came out band looked and shouldn't be problem, ground will settle. Builder just didn't want to move dirt and regrade. Nephew didn't like that so friend has a bob cat and regraded himself and has sod placed. We'll come rainy season sump pump never shut off. Called builder, ignored. Had to get lawyer. Builder said well you regraded so warranty void...more lawyers, settlement. Basement tore up drain tile was totally messed up, regraded, rebuilt part of house with settlement..... Be proactive, make builder fix, get inspections. Would insurance cover damages if problems with this down the road?...See MoreHelp-water getting inside? Have french drain?
Comments (13)What is the engineer responsible for? Did he design the drain or is he just a salesman for the company? We had something similar happen. Major remodel/add-on and the following winter we had a little pond with frogs under the new addition. Turned out the contractor did not put in a french drain (claimed he did) but instead laid some gravel with drain tile in a trench. We had to hire a company that specialized in excavation and they fixed the problem. They found that the new addition sat below street level so there was nowhere for the water to drain. So they trenched, with correct slope, and installed a sump pump, which then pumped the water up to the street level. At least the company you dealt with is still around but not sure I'd want them to do the work. Our contractor had left the state and we couldn't find him so we ended up paying for the repair....See Moregeorge81
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