Well of course you could dig down into the crushed rock and look for the weeping tile but I wouldn't recommend that.
The sump may take several forms. It may be a sort of large bucket or small barrel sunk in the floor. It should have inlets where the weeping tile enter it but that may not be so obvious depending on the design, all you might find are screened points where the water is to trickle in. I very much doubt they will cheat on the weeping tile though. It is pretty cheap and it goes in easily. Nearly pointless to leave it out. You might have been aware of them bringing it into the house, that much will be quite large. There is also a distinctive plastic noise as it is handled and laid out. It quite probably was "in a sock) that is, it probably would have been wrapped with a fabric. This is not necessary but up here anyway one usually buys it that way, the material strains some of the smaller particulate out of the weeping tile.It is corrugated along the surface with concentric rings so it is more easily bent around modest corners, there may be a few straps left behind in the basement if you go look. Otherwise I don't have any ideas. ----- Original Message ----- From: Claudia To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 6:06 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] What To Look For? Okay, I realize that this may sound silly, but here goes. We're finally having contractors come do work on our basement; we were approved for a grant, to fix our water issues. If you all remember, we got about a foot of water last September in that basement, when we had three days of continuous rain! What the contractors are doing is the work from the inside; they broke up the concrete, around the perimeter of the entire basement, place corrugated pipe or tubing al along that broken up space, filled in where the concrete was with stone, and put in a sump pump,, towards the front of our basement. On Monday, they're getting ready to pour the concrete. So, here is the magic question. Since we're both blind, how do we really know that they put the corrugated tubing, under all that stone? We don't know that they did for certain; this was what they told us the plan would be! So, if we have someone come over today, what do we look for? We don't want them pouring the concrete tomorrow, if they didn't do anything, of course. You always hear of contractors ripping people off, so we're trying to ensure that this isn't happening! The agency that gave us the grant is supposed to come and inspect, but it doesn't seem like they're doing this, until all work has been done! Ideas on what we should have someone look for would be great! Thanks. And, I've been working through most of this process, so I couldn't really tell you what was done & wasn't, on particular days! My other half was here, but of course, he only knows what they've told him! Claudia MSN: [email protected] Skype: claudiadr2009 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]
