nealtw
Contractor retired
Unless the trees are on the side of the gully I don't see the problem. Do you something about that than we don't?
So all that water around the house finds it's way to your pump. The more you can raise the floor the less water you have to pump.
Yep. Current plan is figuring out what to do about the water heater. The Lowboy ones apparently aren't efficient and are virtually non-existent in a gas version. The breaker can't handle an electric water heater without rewiring the house. Considering a gas-fired on-demand one. New pipes may have to be ran from the meter about 20 feet away. A plug would have to be installed down there to handle that (unsure what breaker to put it on). Can't get the electric on-demand one. I "could" remove the water heater and machine, elevate the floor and such and then have both put down on top of it. I'd rather get both out of the hole completely. Pretty much tired of worrying about them.
Still trying to verify if the current furnace can be turned horizontal. I'm going to try to get that off to the side and have both out of the hole completely.
The plan would be to fill the hole with 2.5 to 3 feet of crushed gravel and install a proper sump basin. Pretty sure I would still need to dimple board the walls before the gravel, then put the basin in and cement over the top of the whole gravel area. I know this sounds like a lot of work, but I feel that even if I filled in the entire hole level at the top of the bricks with crushed gravel...I feel that because the wall is there, it would help the water flow more freely and possibly still flood the basement by going over the top of the bricks. I believe the water table may have raised a lot over the past 35 years...perhaps naturally and due to various drainage and constructions around the area. I would pretty much rather have a dry sump and pump that is never needed than to need one and not have it. Scared to get rid of it completely.
I need to elevate the crawlspace entrance somehow. The water runs right under the door crack from the ground outside. Adding anything to build up the area in front of the door would make the door get stuck on it when it is opened. I thought about building a little cement ledge under the front edge of the door and building a slightly smaller door and frame above it.
Just to clear this up. All the on demand water system I have referred to are gas. The cost is higher but installation is no big deal.
The way to deal with water at the crawlspace door is to built a curb on the outside that you step down into with a drain at the bottom with pipe running to the pump. That keeps the entry area dry and holds out surface water.
http://www.homedepot.com/p/Rheem-Ec...ankless-Gas-Water-Heater-ECOH200XLN/203404948
You may want to start a new thread in the HVAC forum for the heater, and another fresh thread for the furnace. This one is too long and winding for anyone to just jump into, and it seems you'll get more expert advice there.
Most of those heaters are made for the inside and they direct vet out the wall, Not sure it would fit in the crawlspace and if it did you would have to core a hole thru the foundation for the vent.There some that are made for outside and I think the restriction on both will be distance from windows and such. I think they run a bigger gas line from the meter for these, but I am not sure, but that would be copper now, not as big a deal as it used to be.
The drain at the entrance would be nice, sounds like it would be a lot of work.
I would leave that thought for now, you have enough on your plate to figure out.
Get the name and numbers off that furnace.
Nice little spiders you've got in your basement. Have you named them?
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