Tim, of course there is an exception to every rule. But the rule is still
the same. By the way I'm about 100 miles south of Cheyenne.
The issue you faced may have been a ground water situation, there are in
fact underground rivers, that is very rare but perhaps supported by the fact
that when you moved three blocks the problem went away.
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net
> [mailto:shop-talk-owner@Autox.Team.Net] On Behalf Of Mullen, Tim (IIS)
> Sent: Friday, January 07, 2005 11:13 AM
> To: shop-talk@Autox.Team.Net
> Subject: RE: battery backup sump pumps
>
>
> Larry wrote:
> >
> > FYI, I've been in over 6,500 homes. EVERY home I've ever
> seen with a
> > basement water issue was due to
> > surface water running into the basement.
>
> It all depends on where you live. When I lived in Cheyenne
> Wyoming, the neighborhood I lived in had basement water
> problems. No rain, middle of drought, and the sump pumps
> would run. There was claims of an "underground river" that
> went through the area. I don't know about that, but when we
> moved about three blocks away (actually at a lower altitude,
> we never had a water problem - in fact, our house didn't even
> have a sump pump.
>
> It can be the water level, and not just run off...
>
> Tim Mullen
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