I recently had a sump pump and ""french drain"" system installed by Connecticut Basement Systems. Since we live on the harbor across from Long Island Sound, we knew it was a risk not to have modern basement protection.
The town of Rye, New York is essentially a giant sponge and every property here has water issues at some point. Our home is 110 years old and has a classic, hand-built stone foundation. Over the years, our home has never seen water in it's basement, but during Hurricane Irene we had three inches from ground water naturally rising from the earth
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