MilkMan
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Hi Everyone,
I got this house last year and I have been trying to focus on fixing it up, been focusing more on the inside taking it a little slow because of work and school. With the spring thaw and the recent heavy rains, the sump pump threw a fit a couple of days ago and the basement flooded. I had a cheap spare pump that I have a hose for and just pumped it out into the yard. I noticed the stairs going down into the cellar was leaking water back into the basement very rapidly even with the hose strung out past the patio a little bit where the ground slopes towards the field/shed not the house. I was very surprised at how fast the water was leaking past the bottom step and a small hole/crack in the second step.
I plan on tearing up the patio and seeing how the water is coming back in towards the house, I'm sure it has created a channel under the patio. I was just going to buy some Quikrete Water Stop Cement and patch the steps, but I'm certain that will just mask the issue and I'll do that after figuring out where and why the water is coming in there.
How should I go about digging out the ground by the cellar door and under the patio (once I remove the patio) and then what should I do about backfilling? Is there a certain kind of backfill I should use? Rock? Etc.
Thanks in advance!
You can see in the pictures how far the concrete patio has sunk down (1-3")
I got this house last year and I have been trying to focus on fixing it up, been focusing more on the inside taking it a little slow because of work and school. With the spring thaw and the recent heavy rains, the sump pump threw a fit a couple of days ago and the basement flooded. I had a cheap spare pump that I have a hose for and just pumped it out into the yard. I noticed the stairs going down into the cellar was leaking water back into the basement very rapidly even with the hose strung out past the patio a little bit where the ground slopes towards the field/shed not the house. I was very surprised at how fast the water was leaking past the bottom step and a small hole/crack in the second step.
I plan on tearing up the patio and seeing how the water is coming back in towards the house, I'm sure it has created a channel under the patio. I was just going to buy some Quikrete Water Stop Cement and patch the steps, but I'm certain that will just mask the issue and I'll do that after figuring out where and why the water is coming in there.
How should I go about digging out the ground by the cellar door and under the patio (once I remove the patio) and then what should I do about backfilling? Is there a certain kind of backfill I should use? Rock? Etc.
Thanks in advance!
You can see in the pictures how far the concrete patio has sunk down (1-3")