Sump Pump or French Drain

[MadHatter]

Run gutter drains into pipe and away from the house first. If you don't have gutters...then do as Inimicus suggested to see if it's coming from edges. Either get gutters or french drain to prevent it. If it's coming up from the ground/natural seepage or spring...then sump because there's nothing you can do to prevent it getting in that way. Pretty simple.

If the water is draining in from the front of you house, I would recommend an exterior French Drain. Have it installed around the complete exterior of your house and then take it to the very back of your rear yard. By doing this, you can also tie in the gutter drainage into this drain.

However, you may have a spring that has popped under your house. That is what happened to us several houses ago. Water actually bubbled up under the house. If that is the case, a french drain under the house with a sump pump is the only thing that will cure the issue.

Call a professional to come out and give your their recommendation. Their fee woudl probably be minimal....and usually waived if you have them do the work.

[Mrs Pantherfan]

I expected so much more out of this thread.. instead I'm left with 1 (one) hot picture of Angelina's O-face and a prophecy regarding the zombie apocalypse.. :smh:

Um..you're forgetting a donkey, and a moat filled with dinosaurs and sharks with fricken laser beams!

[Johnny Rockets]

Um..you're forgetting a donkey, and a moat filled with dinosaurs and sharks with fricken laser beams!

DRAGONS!!!!! Not dinosaurs!!!!

Sheesh...who puts dinosaurs in a moat?

[Mrs Pantherfan]

LOL my bad...wtf ever!!! every one knows Dragons aren't real anyways

[bleys]

LOL my bad...wtf ever!!! every one knows Dragons aren't real anyways

the f**k they aren't... You obviously haven't watched How to Train Your Dragon..

[Mrs Pantherfan]

haha..I have seen the beginning of it...it's cute....

also, the dragon from shrek that donkey falls in love with

damnit man...you're right!

[Kevin Greene]

jesus. build a dike.

Fug that, build an ark.

[pstall]

Both.

yep. neighbor had to do this. had a pump for years and went french drain. its the ONLY way.

[charlotte49er]

w/ your proximity to the creek you definitely need a pump.

French Drain won't help with that much water. In fact, a sump pump might not work for the same reason! Depends no what you hook it too. You may want to think about sandbags!

[Epistaxis]

based on your description and the pics, I gotta agree with

1) both and

2) get a pro

you might want to look in to the permaseal thing for the crawl too.

last thing you need is a mold issue, cuz when it is time to sell (if ever) the remediation process is a giant PITA.

[Mrs Pantherfan]

I've got a friend of mine that runs his own company coming out on Saturday to look at it...The pics were a one time flood thing..that's the only time I've ever seen it that high and we never get water under the house from the creek..it's only from the water coming down the front yard

thanks ya'll for the advice :)

[Miaoww]

jesus. build a dike.

If we're going to get biblical she should build an ark

[Hawk]

first...ain't no sump pump in the world going to save you from a tropical storm!

best but most expensive option will be to have your yard regraded based on your comment of rain water soaking the front yard and all. We had to do this at one of our previous homes and it wasn't cheap, but it worked like a damn.

If that's simply not an option, then go with the sump pump. It will be far easier and cheaper to install than the drainage etc. As others have said, also check where your eaves drain etc. That's a huge amount of water you could be adding to the problem if they aren't installed and draining properly.

I personally recommend installing a s

[Bronn]

how does one install an s?