If you are installing a sump pump, consider putting in a alarm to let you know
if the sump isn't working.
It could save you a clean up.
RJ
----- Original Message -----
From: Lee A. Stone
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 09:35
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] What To Look For?
if the concrete has not been poured yet you could take like a long
nail or a spike . same thing only heavier and tap down theru the
crushed stone. . if that is what they have done it is a good job as
it , that pipe should take all the water to the sump pump and then it
will be pumped and out. what I would ask is is that sump pump on a
seperate breaker. no matter. ask them the contractors to show you
where the breaker is for the sump pump so you cn label itClaudia.
actually with some sighted help you could label our panel box for
everything. . like the kitchen , bedroom and more.. do you have any
idea if they dug down to frm a concrete pocket / well / hole for
the sump pump to sit in? if they installed the sump pump already that
is fine . if you need to buy one or someone is picking it out
Sears/ craftsman has about the only pump with a lifetime warrante/
guarentee. . I know a lot about flooded basements. been there and done
that. Lee
On Sun, Oct
18, 2009 at
05:06:56AM
-0500, Claudia wrote:
> 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]
>
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Cynic, n.:
One who looks through rose-colored glasses with a jaundiced eye.
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