[Ned nyna 11]

Thanks Guys for the responses.

I am at the final stage of the basement water problem. We would get 1/2 inch of water after a big rainfall so I had to do something.

The house is on a slope with one end of the basement at grade level so my my first idea was to bring the foundation drains into a drywell outside and drain it off to the woods. This didn't improve anything as the drain pipes around the house are clogged. I should add that the house was built without any drain or sump in the basement!

Then I dug under the footing and ran a 4 inch drain into the drywell.

The footing goes round the perimeter of the basement and is about 1 foot wide and 8 inches thick, the top at the same level as the basement floor which is 4 inches thick and below the floor is 4 inches of gravel.

I figured that after 40 years the gravel would have settled some and would allow the water to run into the drain pipe.l

Sure enough this about fixed the problem completely because we had 4 inches rain in a day a few weeks ago and the basement stayed dry except for the one leak I described at the beginning of the thread. With the top off the drywell I could see the flow from under the basement.

My plan now is to plug the leak from the inside and seal up the wall where the bottom row of blocks are placed on the footing.

Theleak is coming from a window well on the outside that is not drained properly so I will get after that when I am finished with the inside sealing job.