no more water please

"OPPOsaurus WRX" (opposaurus) 03/07/2018 at 08:46 • Filed to: None

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I’m still getting water in my basement from Friday’s storm. I pump it out and it comes back. Today we’re supposed to get another couple inches of rain. My basement is divided into two parts, original, and the addition with a 3' wide doorway connecting the two. The water seems to only come in the new part, so I put a garage door rubber seal around a 2x6 to try and create a barrier, but it did not work. any ideas of what I could do to create a temporary water barrier until I am able to create a more permanent solution?

Nibby > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 08:55

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permanent solution - move to a place that doesn’t flood

like the sun

vondon302 > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 08:55

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Spill sock is all I can think of. Don’t know if it’ll work on a lot of water though.

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 09:00

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To create a seal you’ll probably need to do something like using a 2x6 cut to fit the doorway and then seal the edges with window caulk or something.

I’d also check around your house for standing water and dig a trench to drain it away from the house if that’s an issue too.

OPPOsaurus WRX > MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s 03/07/2018 at 09:04

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its actually on my neighbors property but its there and there isn’t much i can do about that. Other than that there isn’t anything directly next to my house.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Nibby 03/07/2018 at 09:05

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yea, but I sweat a lot when it gets hot.

Nibby > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 09:07

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liquefied flesh is your friend

MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 09:13

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Yea, that’s going to happen, I was specifically talking about standing water directly next to your house, but sounds like your fine. Unfortunately you can’t do much besides keep pumping and hope it doesn’t rain anymore.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 09:31

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Seems like the common solution is sandbags. I think the 2x6+seal is a good idea, but might have needed more weight on it? The weight of a 2x6 alone isn’t going to be enough to conform to the floor, but adding something heavy (paint cans come to mind, but only because my basement is full of them) should help shore it up.

OPPOsaurus WRX > Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo 03/07/2018 at 09:34

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i hammered a piece of wood from the top of the 2x6 to the underside of a floor joist to add pressure

i started with paint cans but they tipped over at some point, thankfully not spilling

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 09:41

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Oh well ok. Fair enough. Sandbags! I’ve also seen sandbag alternatives that are filled with water and therefore less of a pain in the butt. No idea where you get either.

Future next gen S2000 owner > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 10:24

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2x6 nailed to a 2x12 in an L shape. 2x6 gives you vertical buffer. Stack cinder blocks/weights on the flat 2x12. Run a fat bead of water sealing caulk or get something from a marine store that sets under water. In absence of that, sand bags or garage bags - doubled up - and filled with soft, heavy stuff. Possibly something similar to this.

https://www.westmarine.com/buy/davis-instruments—slick-seam-compound—214793?recordNum=20

SmugAardvark > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 10:35

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Flex Seal? The commercials are ridiculous, but apparently the stuff works decently.

OPPOsaurus WRX > SmugAardvark 03/07/2018 at 10:49

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yea, i was hoping to stay away from stuff like that. i will be adding an in-ground sump so hopefully all this water stays out of the house so what ever i did now I wanted it to be completely removable. I would imagine that flex seal stuff would stick to the concrete and wont come off

SmugAardvark > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/07/2018 at 11:37

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I know that acetone can be used to remove it from metals. As for something more porous, like concrete, I imagine it would work, but could be tough to remove entirely.