That old saying: "April showers brings May flowers" is generally true. Right now the rain is not coming down as showers; but, rather, as some very heavy downpours! I heard that we got at least 6 inches of rain in the last day or so. That is a lot of rain that has followed a lot of previous rains. All of this has saturated the ground increasing the time to drain off. When it does slowly drain, where does it go? The streets and yards are flooding!
With all of this flooding and heavy rains and you have a crawl space, you should check to ensure that you do not have any standing water under your house. Many of us have sump pumps in our crawl spaces to remove any water that gets into the crawl space. Check to make sure that sump pump is working properly.
If your basement is going to leak, all these rains will let water in. Again, check your sump pump to make sure it is doing its job. Look around in the basement for water coming in.
Your sump pump might be clogged or may just be too small or old to do the job. If you want it checked, call ACCA to check it out for you. We offer free inspections and free estimates. Call the office: 812-479-8905 or toll free: 800-477-7340.
