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I recently bought a portable de-humidfier for our partially finished basement. The unit we bought includes the option for a garden hose style drain. We would like to use this drain, however I am not sure if it is possible in our case. We recently purchased our house, and during the inspection high radon levels where discovered. We did have a mitigation system installed which is working well (our followup tests show very little radon.) Here is what I am getting at...part of the mitigation system was to install a "drainjer" in the current drain in the basement floor. I am guessing this is to allow water to go through the drain but seal the drain from air seeping through the floor. My question is, is there anyway I could put a drainage hose from my de-humidifier into this drain and not compromise our mitigation system? I guess what I would be wondering if, placing the hose in the drain and then maybe caulking around the hose within the drain would be enough? I guess if you could ensure constant water pressure going through the drain it may work...but I am not sure, That is why I am here! TIA

Hello to all - Why do we have water in our basement? My family and I live just outside of Boston, MA. We get water in our basement only with the following (the ones we know to be true and consistent) conditions: it is late winter/early spring (February and March), there is snow on the ground (doesn't matter how much), and we experience a long-duration (more than 8 hours) heavy/torrential rain. What is confusing is that we have experienced long-duration torrential rainstorms during the months of May through November/December, and the basement has remained dry. The water does not come in through the basements walls, or through the floor/wall seam. Rather, it percolates up through cracks in the floor. It is worse on one side than the other, but that's only because, I believe, the land slopes away from the house on the "good" side. I would really like to get a lot of opinions on this, so that I can proceed with a plan that will lead to a solution. Last fall, I was about to rent a trencher, and proceed to bury perforated pipe on the "bad" side of the house, with all the crushed stone, etc in the plan (I really asked a lot of questions to do it as correctly as possible). But the trencher would only go to within 18" of the foundation, and someone told me not to waste my time, because the pipe had to be right along the foundation footing. I proceeded to get an estimate from a contractor to do the job, putting the pipe right along the footing; although the cost seemed reasonable, we just could not afford it. Someone else told me the problem is due to a high water table, and there is nothing we can do to solve the problem. But if this were the case, why does the water come in only during a certain time of the year under certain conditions? Any opinions that anyone can give will be very much appreciated. I will offer as much information as possible when/if a dialogue gets going. Thank you, David