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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We were in our basement during the very heavy rain this afternoon and noticed that two of our window wells, both of which go 2-3 feet underground, were filling up from underneath. We know the water is coming from below, because the inside walls of the wells were bone dry. Luckily we caught it before it became a problem and got the water out with a bucket. I know this is a problem, but am lost on what to do next. Our house is about 70 years old and the window wells don't have drains, nor is there a sump pump that we could drain them to if we wanted. Any ideas on how to address this?[/quote]

We have the same issue - have downspouts adjusted etc, it just happens sometimes with clay soil being overcome with water some time. What we have done that seems to work for us is take a small plastic washtub (the kind you could put in your kitchen sink) and drill some holes in it. Place a submersible sump pump in that wash tub, and put the washtub "dug in" a little bit so that the top of it is level with the ground in your window well (for example, we have ours down about 4" and rock/stone all around it.)  The auto- sump pump will kick on as the ground water comes up through the wash tub and pump it out immediately. We have ours plugged in at all times, and since we have done this we have had NO issues with rain water in the basement or window wells. [/quote]
Where is it plugged into?[/quote]

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