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Keystone State Thread

Discussion in 'North East' started by Tatts521, Jun 20, 2008.

  1. Sep 23, 2021 at 8:24 AM
    98tacoma27

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    Backside of the basement is level with the ground. In the builders infinite wisdom, the floor is below grade...and they built in a wetland. House was built in the 50's. The ground has been saturated for months. The water has come up in the cracks in the basement and the floor drains. The only thing we can do is wait for it to subside. Everything in the basement is on platforms except the furnace.

    A sump pump would never work.
     
  2. Sep 23, 2021 at 8:27 AM
    steelcity2

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    That sucks Ben. Good luck.
     
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  3. Sep 23, 2021 at 8:34 AM
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    The more I think about this, my buddy had some kind of check valve installed on his house trap to stop this issue on heavy rains. He used to get wiped out on heavy rains then neighbors sewage all backed up through his drain. He was lower than his neighbors.....
     
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  4. Sep 23, 2021 at 8:36 AM
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    MY50cal ---- Tread Lightly ---- Leave No Trace

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    Yep.
    Toss some 'gators in there and you'll have yourself a proper moat.


    That's shitty though, hope there's minimal damage and it recedes quickly.
     
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  5. Sep 23, 2021 at 9:22 AM
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    HomerTaco ...................................................................................................................................................... Core-Hurst short throw shifter & T-handle / Carbon Fiber Interior / custom console light / De-badged / leather interior / Heated Front seats / Red Line Hood Struts / Painted speaker grills /one-off TRD Satoshi Grill with 12-15 front-end swap/ Pioneer AVIC-X920BT HU / Scangauge II / Black LED Tails / Dash Mount for iPad mini / Safari Snorkel / Auto-pilot mode / Leer 100XQ Cap / 4x Innovations sliders / Rear Diff Breather Mod / front windows tinted to 35% / Brute Force Fab Hybrid Front Bumper / BAMF Rear Diff Skid / Budbuilt Skids / CBI Trail Master 2.0 rear hybrid bumper / Fox rr coils/ TC UCA's/ TC spindle gussets/ TC Cam Tab gussets / Dakar leafs / Defined Engineering shackles / All pro U bolt flip / Timbren Rear Bumpstops / BAMF LCA skids / Exhaust re-route / Fog Light anytime Mod / LowRange Off Road extended rear brake lines / ATO Shackle Flip / sectioned Bushwhacker flares / re-geared to 4.56 / ARB Front & Rear Locking Diff / ARB CKMA12 compressor / PrInSu full rack system / 1" body lift / Inchworm 4.7 crawlbox / twin stick FJ t-case / Davez off-road triple-stick kit/
    I know that feel.
    Fortunately the fix I put in place after the flooding this past March is doing well.
    The new system is doing its job.
     
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  6. Sep 23, 2021 at 9:24 AM
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    Drizzle my ass...

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  7. Sep 23, 2021 at 9:36 AM
    RustyGreen

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    I don't follow the weather so I wasn't expecting anything. Was getting ready to go for a walk, a little bit late fortunately, about 6:30 it started and hasn't let up yet.

    Driving to town there is some minor flooding in low areas.
     
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  10. Sep 23, 2021 at 9:51 AM
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    Skies just opened up at work...

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