Dale, I'm so stuck here, as to finding other companies that do this type of work. I really don't know what to search for, what to call these places, etc.
Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:32 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] EverDry System? Well that sounds pretty high to me! It is a long time now since I renewed mine and I didn't hire a company in that way to do it but hired a local back hoe operator and his truck and of course did a lot of the work in the hole myself but it cost a lot less than that 20 years ago. Mind you it took a while as well and I did add three and a half inches of foam insulation around the building as well. You will have a small crew and they will be out of there probably within two or three days. I looked them up on the Web but they didn't really detail their method thoroughly. Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] EverDry System? Dale, Our quote was $25,000 almost. According to them, it goes according to the footage, which we were told was 167 linear feet! Claudia ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] EverDry System? Don't know anything about that particular company or system but the description of the sort of work you need sounds about right. They dig down to footing level which is the depth a little below the basement floor all around the house, usually that will take about a day with a back hoe and probably a truck to haul away most of the muck, probably these days about a hundred and fifty bucks for both machines plus operator time and maybe land fill charges. There is the tar or what ever they will spread over the outside of the block, these days they may use a special board. The tile isn't all that expensive then there is the backfill with crushed rock and sand at probably more than a hundred bucks a load. They will have to dig a sump hole in the basement floor and either pour a sump or more likely these days set a plastic well into the hole to receive the water from the tile and then the pump. Probably they will finish the landscape back up to the house where they excavated. I have no idea how big your house is but I would be interested to hear what their price is. I would also recommend you hear from the other contractors, ask for details of exactly what they propose to do so you can reasonably evaluate the price. I don't know where you live but I am guessing there isn't a significant freezing season so you have time and you should take it. Don't be impetuous, this seems to have got you into trouble in the past. You still have cleaning up to do and other things to get sorted out. Dale. ----- Original Message ----- From: Claudia To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 10:09 PM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] EverDry System? Hi, Have any of you ever heard of the Everdry system? We had this company come out today, to inspect our basement! The representative states that we have structural as well as foundation damage! He said that they have to put in a drainage tile system around the entire house, seal the basement inside and out, install a pump system with battery back-up, fix cracks in interior as well as exterior walls, etc. He showed us where some of the cracks were on the inside of the cinderblock walls, and there are cracks in the floor, where the drain is, and water is seeping up through there, as well, with sediment and sand in it! The estimate was truly surprising, and the work is warrantee for a lifetime, and it is transferable! I'm just wondering if any of you have heard of this company or know of others that do similar work, so we can obtain estimates from them as well? We've called two other companies, but we cannot get reps to come out, until 10-17 and 10-27, and we really want to make a decision by then. Claudia Join either of my groups; the first is for visually-impaired women, while the other is for people wishing to discuss homemaking issues. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
