I have read both of these reviews. Honestly Adirondack Basements Systems should have researched the area a little before charging the customer for a system that they should have known wouldn't work. As far as the basement wall giving way; there is no way that adirondack basements could prove that it wasn't there system that caused the problem. Let's look at the facts. ABS installs an ice gaurd system directly outside of the foundation wall. This gaurd connects the sump pump to the drainage pipe. As stated by ABS "There is a stream that flows on the opposite side of the street from this property. There was a deluge of rain and the culvert system could not handle the volume of water." So if that system backed up the water would overflow out of the Ice gaurd and cause a significant amount of water flow in a concentrated area. This could ultimately lead to a breach in the basement wall and cause it to collapse.
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