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04-10-2013, 08:21 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
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Come on by, have a beer, give me a hand...
Just a little house work...
https://picasaweb.google.com/Jimsue13/BasementWaterProblemHopefullySolution?authuser=0&f eat=directlink
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04-10-2013, 08:35 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Wheatland
Posts: 675
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Being a fellow Missourian, I would love to come by, have a beer and watch you work, but I'm stuck down here in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas for another 6 weeks. Maybe next time.
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04-10-2013, 09:00 AM
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New Member
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Newton
Posts: 5
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Ozz, I'm not that far away. Call next time. You know I'll help. But have been doing lots of projects here to. Mac
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04-10-2013, 10:43 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
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Hi Mac! Oh it wasn't too bad, I got sick of water seeping into the basement. I did all kinds of grade work, installed french drains outside, even a sump-pump in a pit outside. Foundation repairs would be the right thing to do, but 20 Grand... I don't think so. I hope you two get settled in before you have to go to work.
Alwims, I bet it is starting to get toasty there. It is always russian roulette trying to come home between the heavy stoms and high winds, be careful.
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04-10-2013, 10:55 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Washington Coast
Posts: 2,688
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WOW!! reminds me of why we sold our S&B and went Fulltime, Good luck with that My Man I'll stick to watching my wife put tile up while I'm kick'in back having a glass of Vino
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04-10-2013, 11:05 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: Bella Vista
Posts: 472
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Ozz, I did the entire perimeter of the basement in our home in STL about 30 years ago with a jack hammer. Hauled out all the broken concrete and mud then installed rock, pipe and sump pit/pump and new concrete over. This was one of those pre-WWII homes with block walls. Ended up with a dry basement but what a job! BTW, put in a new HVAC system once the basement was dry
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04-10-2013, 11:55 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Wheatland
Posts: 675
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96 today and has been "hot" all winter. We've had over 100 degrees when our house back home had 8" of snow this winter. Getting kind of tired of it. We're coming home for a week visit next week and hoping we don't find any problems. We're even bringing the boat back home because all the lakes down here are drying up. Been watching it rain all day on my cameras back home and it's kind of a sick feeling when I look outside the Monty and see nothing but blowing dust. Good luck with your projects.
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04-10-2013, 12:36 PM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Sep 2012
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Ozz, did the same thiing you are doing about 15 yrs ago here in Raytown. Been dry ever since. In my 40's then, don't think I would attempt it now. I can come over but only as a supervisor and beer hander. :-)
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04-10-2013, 01:30 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Wilsey
Posts: 18,799
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This trip home for you is just another reason we're happy to be full timing. One rolling container of repair projects is more than enough.
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04-10-2013, 02:51 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Soo-- uh what's a basement:-)
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04-10-2013, 03:27 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
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Quote:
quote:Originally posted by Neil.M
Ozz, did the same thiing you are doing about 15 yrs ago here in Raytown. Been dry ever since. In my 40's then, don't think I would attempt it now. I can come over but only as a supervisor and beer hander. :-)
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You are welcome any time. Keep me in mind for any A/C needs, great rates for MOC members
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04-11-2013, 01:27 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vermontville
Posts: 1,129
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Well I see others have had a better result than I did Ozz. I had the same thing done and after they got done my sump pump ran almost 24 hrs a day when it was wet outside. I also had to put a backup pump in the crock because I was afraid of leaving the house if the pump failed, which it did and cost me a furnace and hot water heater. I also had to put in an on board generator that would auto start when the power failed due to that mess. The only time it didn't was in the dead of summer, July and Aug. then again in the middle of winter. Worse thing I ever had done. I had the stone basement and I would have been way better off just putting a new basement under the house.
Dave
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04-11-2013, 02:01 AM
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Montana Fan
Join Date: Dec 2009
Posts: 238
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I'm so full-time and RV oriented that when I first read "basement" I was thinking of the basement in our Montanas. Wondered how the heck a French drain and sump pump were gonna work!
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04-11-2013, 03:01 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: K.C.
Posts: 11,731
M.O.C. #5980
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Now Dave, that would be my luck to have a natural spring under my home. What a mess. That must have been a nightmare for you.
TxYellowRose, I am still trying to figure out why you need 4 bicycles for the two of you! off-Road bikes and highway bikes?
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04-15-2013, 06:41 PM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Land O Lakes
Posts: 2,752
M.O.C. #7753
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Ozz, at least you got SUMPin to do...
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04-16-2013, 01:41 AM
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Montana Master
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vermontville
Posts: 1,129
M.O.C. #9045
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LOL........Good one Dave!!
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