[Shop-talk] water in basement

[Brian Kennedy]

Phil, we have a cottage that floods frequently. We put down commercial tile in
'04 and it's flooded 4 times since then. No problem so far.

Brian K

On Sep 10, 2011, at 6:40 PM, Phil Nase wrote:

> We had somewhat less than an inch but soaked into our carpets in the
basement.
> We vacuumed it out.
>
> I want to use something on that floor other than carpets. I've heard from a
> flooring guy that the only thing to cover it completely that won't allow
water
> under it is ceramic tile.  I really don't want to spend that much money.
>
> Any suggestions on what to put on concrete to dress it up?  I cleaned
scrubbed
> sanded and etched my garage floor before putting down epoxy paint and it
still
> lifted at places.
>
> Phil Nase
> Quakertown, PA
> home.comcast.net/~philnasecpa/
>
> On Sep 10, 2011, at 8:09 PM, "Dan Fest" <coles at colesnurseries.com> wrote:
>
>> We've gotten hammered with rain over the last few days.  Our basement has
>> about 1 inch of water in it.  It came in through the walls that aren't as
>> water tight as the floor which is waterproof concrete.  We've never had
>> trouble before.  My questions is this.  How do we get the water out ?? It
>> isn't enough for most pumps that I am familar with.  Any ideas ??
>> Thanks,
>> Dan
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