We have a farmer behind our house and whenever he floods his field for multiple days at a time it gets into our basement due to waterlevel issues. We have a sump pump but it is coming in along some of the walls of the basement and getting carpet wet. WE have fans on it right now and it should be ok for now. We've tried talking to the farmer before but he doesn't give a crap because he is an old angry man ( i hate him so much) So I am wondering if there is anyway we can make him only water every 3 days or so because he won't listen to reason. It is also causing problems for some of our neighbors so would it be possible to get like a petition and turn it in to the city? would that work?or what else can we do!?!?thanks!
i would maybe call the city first, and ask them if there is something to do about it and WHAT. also, get a second opinion. If you think they just dont know for some reason, then ask ur banker maybe? if you have a loan on the property he will be interested
Its not his fault it the person who built the house if there is a ground water problem it is because the builder did not anticipate the obvious the farmer was already there you cant tell him not to water his crop the builder cheaped out.
The heater, even yet it evaporates the water, provides humidity to the section. Humidity provides to the musty scent. A dehumidifier works superb. A undesirable guy's dehumidifier could nicely be to place a fan in the basement and enable it run. (After a recent comparable situation, I enable mine run for approximately 2 days). If the subject maintains, you have gotten mould in the padding. if so, pull the carpeting up in areas that have been soaked, and cut back out the pungent padding. you are able to replace it with an identical padding offered from the interior reach ironmongery keep. in case you pull the carpeting up, it quite is advisable to spray the backing with some kind of a sterilizing spray that could kill mould/mould. desire that this facilitates.
There's probably nothing you can do to make the farmer cut back or stop watering if the watering is part of earning his living. What you need to do is hire an excavator to dig out around your foundation. There is a product that is sprayed onto the exterior foundation walls - looks like rubberized tar - that will seal your foundation against leaks. This won't be cheap, but it will be a permanent fix. It would be a good idea to do this anyway. When the farmer quits farming, you may still have water issues in your basement unless you seal the basement walls. This should have been done when the house was built, but it's water over the dam now. I don't know if applying a sealer on the inside of the basement walls will work. The water will tend to push the sealer away from the interior wall. But you can try a small area to see how it works.
