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THE CALM ONE!!!!
Ok 'Housers edumacate me. The interwebs can be a dangerous place and now that I've ripped up half the flooring in my basement I'm considering putting in a sump pump. Seems fairly straight forward And I have the perfect spot(low point is in an existing closet) to put the pit.
But! I am leery of jack hammering my basement floor. I've read to stay atleast 8" away from an outside wall in order to avoid possibly hitting a footing. Anyone here think/know of anything else to consider before getting destructive? No utilities like water and whatnot are anywhere near the planned destruction.
Is it really as easy it looks on YouTube to bust out concrete? Also my house is 50 years old, just wondering if that makes any difference to the 'type' of concrete or thickness I should expect to see?
Also worth noting is that in the nearly six years we've lived here this is the first water we've had, also from the looks of the ten year old re-doing of the basement there's been no water in the home whatsoever in that time for sure. I have completely torn up all of the low side of the basement and there is no sign of previous moisture. So am I just being overly paranoid now?
The flash flood/rainstorm that caused this flooding occurred when the field directly behind my house was already quite saturated by irrigation. I don't own this field so can't really control how/when it's irrigated. Just seems like while I'm redoing this whole section that it would be cheap insurance to install a sump pit.
But! I am leery of jack hammering my basement floor. I've read to stay atleast 8" away from an outside wall in order to avoid possibly hitting a footing. Anyone here think/know of anything else to consider before getting destructive? No utilities like water and whatnot are anywhere near the planned destruction.
Is it really as easy it looks on YouTube to bust out concrete? Also my house is 50 years old, just wondering if that makes any difference to the 'type' of concrete or thickness I should expect to see?
Also worth noting is that in the nearly six years we've lived here this is the first water we've had, also from the looks of the ten year old re-doing of the basement there's been no water in the home whatsoever in that time for sure. I have completely torn up all of the low side of the basement and there is no sign of previous moisture. So am I just being overly paranoid now?
The flash flood/rainstorm that caused this flooding occurred when the field directly behind my house was already quite saturated by irrigation. I don't own this field so can't really control how/when it's irrigated. Just seems like while I'm redoing this whole section that it would be cheap insurance to install a sump pit.