Recent content by ren20

the new construction does have a big retainer wall on the back, i also see a french drain along side the wall to the side of the building. yes, i also had a structural engineer took a look. he will write me a report.

this is what it looks like from the hillside. there has been a couple small rains and one major storm. The place was dry in most the of the rains. except the major storm. I haven't got time to do the garden yet. I think as soon as i lift up some of the stones. i can get an idea how far the wall...

Is sump pump an option i can consider? the water kept on running for about 5 days after the storm.

i also just get started with a load bearing wall project. Tho the wall to be removed is located on second floor. I suggest you hire a structural engineer. The work is going to much more than i anticipated in my case.

The neighbor on the left is new construction. they are building a duplex. behind the building there is a huge retainer wall . Perhaps I could steal that idea. Just dont know how I can do it. The street on top of the cliff is different town. I hope this isn't going to be a difficult task. I...

this is the back of the house. to the right side the picture. the cliff continues to elevate.

Thank you for your suggestions.

There ins't sump pump in basement. basement is dry. We will need to think of a solution to add french drain around the house. problem is that right side (facing the house) of the house is finished with concrete. I will take better picture of the cliff. We still don't have enough daylight after...

the contractor quoted me $5400 to redo the floor and drain in the garage, include rebar, material, removal of old concrete. about $10 per sq/f

any more thoughts? i had two contractor/builders came in to take a look. one suggests to get rid of the old floor. put perforated pipe around the perimeter of the floor to redirect the water better. and also put the perforated pipe around the house to help the drain. Because the location of...

Kevin, I live in edgewater nj. My contractor came over yesterday. He thinks the water is overflowing from waterbed under the basement, the basement sits about two blocks higher than the garage floor. There is a drain close to the middle of the garage. we could see water running under the slab...

it's below the exterior grade. the basement on the other side is actually sitting higher. about two blocks above the garage floor. and behind the house is the cliff. see pic

Hello, I am new to the forum. And have been reading a lot, hoping to design my ideal garage space. just purchase my first home. Did everything I can to find any existing problem. multiple kind of inspection performed before I finally committed to it. I guess I still didn't inspect hard...