A friend of mine owns a rather unique house in rural Vermont that has extensive floor water damage in the cellar. It was very difficult to convince her that she needed a basement sump pump before she could do anything to remedy the situation.
It was an odd case of denial, she was very reluctant to accept that there was much of a problem at all, much less that it needed drastic attention very quickly. Once she got over the shock or realizing that her tenant had lied to her for years, she began to work on the restoration and repair of her house.
First, she evicted the pot-head liar that had used her nice place as a hothouse for plants. The entire basement reeked of marijuana and probably still does. He didn't care at all about the house, it was just so convenient for him to grow his plants, smoke what he wanted and sell the rest.
Next, she contacted a contractor to get quotes on putting in some French drains and changing the grade around the house. I spend many hours helping clean this basement up, and now it is dry and safe.
Randy Hough writes about basement waterproofing products, basement sump pumps at http://fixyourwaterdamage.com/
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