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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I love how people make things up on this board. The reason most newer homes have them is because there have been drastic changes in how basements are waterproofed. Prior to around 1990 all exterior weeping systems drained away from the house to storm sewers. You can't do that anymore. Now basements are built with weeping systems tied into interior drains and sump pits. So yes virtually every new home will have a sump pump. Older homes have them to deal with water infiltration. And they are often regional - in new England a lot of homes with basements don't have because the surrounding substrate is bedrock. In the DC area lots have them. [/quote] Why can't you drain toward the sewers anymore?[/quote] Sighhhhhh....DC Code prohibits it. I recently finished a gut reno. Code requires all such drainage (including french drains) to be expunged through my house's waste water pip. [/quote]
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