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mcduffie

Junior Member
What is the name of your state? Missouri
We had a new home built last summer. It took a month longer for them to finish but we finally moved in at the end of July. By the middle of Sept. the basement starting leaking. We had a crack in the middle of the floor and puddles of water. There was also water around the sump pump. They 'filled' in the crack to try and fix the problem when they finally came to fix it in Jan. and replaced the sump pump with a new one. Neither worked. They ended up putting in a second sump pump in our basement where the crack was, which caused a great big mess due to the jack hammering. Well, this week we have water yet in another place in our basement. We are so sick of this. There have been numerous things that have needed fixed and the builder has taken his time in doing so and lately has been very rude and threatening to us. We don't know what we should do next. Do we keep going to him or is it time to contact a lawyer? WE really wish we could just get out.
Thanks:mad:
 


John Se

Member
basements are problematic

and you must be a real jewel complaining about being a month late, that sounds pretty good. What depth is the groundwater in your area?, is there alot of rain? basements are like trying to build submarines, only with home construction methods.
 

Buk1000

Member
It appears there is a contact in MO for Hadd: http://www.hadd.com/contact.php I found this organization to be helpful when my builder was unresponsive. I do not see a MO contact for the other similar organization http://www.hobb.org A basement doesn't have to leak. The builder should've done soil and ground water tests before building. The problem could be groundwater but it could also be another really frequent problem, bad drainage. I don't know the construction how-to's well enough to describe it, but there are ways to construct a drainage system as well as proper grading, so that basements stay dry. You might be able to find the technical information on http://www.buildingscience.com and http://www.jlconline.com I know of a homeowner in another state that used those two sites to get her basement right, as well as some other issues right.
 

seniorjudge

Senior Member
mcduffie said:
What is the name of your state? Missouri
We had a new home built last summer. It took a month longer for them to finish but we finally moved in at the end of July. By the middle of Sept. the basement starting leaking. We had a crack in the middle of the floor and puddles of water. There was also water around the sump pump. They 'filled' in the crack to try and fix the problem when they finally came to fix it in Jan. and replaced the sump pump with a new one. Neither worked. They ended up putting in a second sump pump in our basement where the crack was, which caused a great big mess due to the jack hammering. Well, this week we have water yet in another place in our basement. We are so sick of this. There have been numerous things that have needed fixed and the builder has taken his time in doing so and lately has been very rude and threatening to us. We don't know what we should do next. Do we keep going to him or is it time to contact a lawyer? WE really wish we could just get out.
Thanks:mad:
Sue the crooked contractor.

You must be in the Saint Louis area....
 

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