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water coming through basement concrete floor

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We are going to start by putting in a drain in the basement door stairwell in back and follow the path of least resistance to the sump pump under the front porch. I know the water moves under the floor because it leaks everywhere. I'm just going to give the water a new path to get out.
Careful, there! We have a drain in the bottom of our basement stairwell as well hooked up to the city storm sewer. Being the weakest link, during heavy rain events, the city's storm water would surchage and spurt through that drain, under our basement door, and easily flood our 1100 sq foot basement with inches of water in a matter of minutes.
 
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