Lost my garage for the week...at least!

[paulywood]

We moved into our new house last April. Had it built to exactly what my wife wanted. Had an issue with water getting back into the foundation (block) and then into the basement. The builder and excavator made some changes that we thought should take care of the problem. 3 weeks ago we had a hard rainstorm and the same thing happened in the same area. The guy who laid the foundation came in and said he wanted to really see the area so he could make sure it was fixed right this time.

The problem is that the water was coming in under the garage. So I had to empty the garage and they cut out the front 3rd to dig down to the weeping tile and where the house and garage foundations connect to fix the issue. He brought over an enclosed trailer to put the '72 in but I haven't been able to work on it all week. Plus my garage is all torn up, and yard, and driveway. And it rained today and they took out part of the sidewalk to run a new drain tile for the eave trough.

I guess that's enough whining. I did get some new parts in and took the convertible frame off so I can work on it. Plan to clean off all the rust and paint it along with going through all the bushings and bolts to make sure it moves freely. So progress isn't at a standstill.

[RBeckman]

That sucks, but at least it sound like you have a pretty good contractor that is trying to fix it correctly.

[shadowgray396]

Have you been able to move back in yet?

[paulywood]

Originally Posted by RBeckman

That sucks, but at least it sound like you have a pretty good contractor that is trying to fix it correctly.

Yeah, that's what I told them. They were over the day I called to look at it. At least it was a painless process versus some of the issues you hear people having with contractors. Things happen but they took care of it the right way.

[paulywood]

Originally Posted by shadowgray396

Have you been able to move back in yet?

Not yet. They poured the concrete today. Should be able to put the car back in on Friday. It ended up being a bigger job than they originally thought. The issue was that the sand they backfilled with had enough clay in it that it blinded off the fabric on the weeping tile. So the tile was actually sitting in water but the water couldn't get through fast enough. That caused water to pool around the foundation and eventually find a way in.

They ran new tile to the crock, plus a 2nd one that gravity drains out 50 yards from the house on it's own. They also extended the tile I had for the downspout along with that tile. Sealed up every penetration in the foundation again and also brushed on another layer of tar. Backfilled with a few feet of pea stone before putting the dirt (sand in my area) back in. Had to cut out most of the front sidewalk so that's new also.

They did everything they could think of while they had it open. They don't want to come back anymore than I want them too.

[flash]

Congrats on getting your garage back .

[Hank70SS]

Sounds like they did everything possible to fix the problem. You shouldn't have anymore issues.