another water-in-my-basement question--walk-out basement edition

[Anonymous]

11:54 & :56 have great suggestions. Also, you might have to check your drain pipe with a camera mechanism (might have to hire a professional).

Is it a new house in a neighborhood of old houses, by chance? A friend of mine has videotape of a neighbor sabotaging her drain, before she moved into the new house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:11:54 & :56 have great suggestions. Also, you might have to check your drain pipe with a camera mechanism (might have to hire a professional).

Is it a new house in a neighborhood of old houses, by chance? A friend of mine has videotape of a neighbor sabotaging her drain, before she moved into the new house.

I want to hear more

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:


Is it a new home OP? Is it possible a subpar neighbor with a subpar house sabotaged a drain? There is a well known case in Langley about this.

OMG! You are too much.

Why? Did it happen to you, also?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:11:54 & :56 have great suggestions. Also, you might have to check your drain pipe with a camera mechanism (might have to hire a professional).

Is it a new house in a neighborhood of old houses, by chance? A friend of mine has videotape of a neighbor sabotaging her drain, before she moved into the new house.

I want to hear more

The attorneys have the tape now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We have the same kind of basement entry and drain.

I bought this drain cover and it's been an absolute lifesaver! The tiny little drain used to get covered with leaves, but this has really fixed that situation.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000ICXKN4/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If the drain itself can't handle the volume of water when it rains so much, I guess that that's another story. But we haven't had any water since we put the drain cover there.


I also put some of these alarms near the door, at the suggestion of the plumber who replaced our sump pump. They seem very effective.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002Q8GRPG/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

My husband is a home inspector and always recommends these. Work great and are very inexpensive. The trick, that these domes accomplish, is keeping the debris elevated on a slope...it works better than a flat holed mat because the dome helps keep the spaces unclogged.