I recently bought my first house. Part of the negotiation process, I had the seller cover a full perimeter drainage sump pump (installed in October 2016). In November we closed on the house. In December 2016 I had carpet installed in the basement. Recently there has been a lot of rain in my area and the carpet got wet. There hasn't been any power outages, so the sump pump should have been running the entire time. I pulled up the carpet and using high velocity fans and a dehumidifier to dry it all out. When I pulled up the carpet I found the source of the water. It is coming from underneath a stud wall in the basement. I can only assume there is a crack in the basement slab and the water is seeping out thru that. I have a couple of questions. My sump pump is still under warranty, and theoretically supposed to drain any water underneath my basement. Shouldn't this be covered by the waterproofing company that installed the sump pump? When they came in for the estimate they gave their recommendations to "waterproof" the basement, and were confident the basement would remain dry. What kind of recourse do I have? Also, [I]if[/I] I don't have any recourse or they do not cover this. I am thinking I can apply silicon sealant around the base of the stud wall. Hopefully giving the sump pump more time to drain, and anything that does leak out can find it's way to the perimeter drainage. And yes, I understand that there's potential for the stud walls then to get wet and begin to mold. But it hasn't yet, and the carpet is almost an instantaneous mold/mildew problem. I know the stud wall hasn't began to mold because one side is unfinished and I can see the stud frame.

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