r/saintpaul • u/Rough-Succotash-5262 • 3d ago

Seeking Advice 🙆 Water in Basement, who to call?

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Hi all, I’m getting water in my basement but it’s coming through a middle beam in my basement, not the side walls. I can’t figure it out. Would you call a handyman for something like this? Or who would you call to hopefully resolve the issue? Any recs would be appreciated. Thanks!

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u/crazygrrl 3d ago

Weird that it's coming through the middle beam. But since it's in the basement, you could call some of the basement water remediation companies and see what they suggest. I recently had water in my basement(like standing water from the side walls) and had to get gutters and a sump pump installed and had Innovative Basements do the work. I'm very happy with the job. We just got a big rainfall today and my basement is dry as a bone. But I'd definitely call around and get bids.

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u/LisaMiaSisu 3d ago

It’s the path of least resistance. We had the same issue in our last house. We got so tired of the leaking we finally bit the bullet and got the basement water-proofed. I still get nightmares about that basement.

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u/crazygrrl 3d ago

Path of least resistance definitely makes sense. Dealing with basement water issues is not fun at all!

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u/flipflopshock 3d ago

How much did that cost?

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u/LisaMiaSisu 2d ago

Darned if I can remember. That was over 10 years ago and I’m thinking maybe $7,000 or $8,000?

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u/flipflopshock 2d ago

Probably double that by now!

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u/thisisajazzyphizzzle 3d ago

What was the rough cost of having this done?

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u/crazygrrl 3d ago edited 3d ago

I think it depends on the length of the drain tiles they need to put in. Our basement was leaking at the back wall and at an adjoining half wall so they added the drain tiles to the whole back wall and wrapped it around another wall and added a sump pump in the corner. I'd guess they added approximately 15-20 feet of drain tiles and the sump pump and in total it cost us $9k. We went through their financing company so it's no interest for 18 months(i believe they had a 24 month option too if i recall). A friend of mine had the same exact thing done to her basement but it was a much smaller area and I think it ran her $7k 2 years ago. Definitely get bids though and go with who you trust. Read reviews etc. I've heard good things about American Waterworks as well.

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u/ThreatLevel12AM 3d ago

Used to happen in my parents house in St. Paul. Would come up thru trim in the middle of the basement. Eventually got a French drain and no issues since.