I did this small but fairly complicated job for House Proud....a non - profit organization that uses grant money to do home repairs for low income families. The house was built in 1955, and according to the current homeowner the front of the house has "sunk" approx. 2' since they moved into the house in 1967. This created a major problem as surface water now collects against the front of the house and, during periods of heavy rain, floods the basement. There was no way to collect the water and disperse it elsewhere via gravity.... so I built a masonry catch basin in the lowest area of the front, installed a 3600 gph pump, and piped the outlet around (uphill) into the back yard. Tested it out today and it works great.
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