This spring after the amount of rain that we had gotten, I was sick of running my sump pump every other day pumping water out of my basement. The most water I pumped out at one time was 18 inches. Most other days it was ONLY 2-4 inches. On days when it would rain and rain, I could see water seeping in through the cracks in the old limestone. It was enough to bring a girl to tears. So I had it and decided that this old house needs a new basement!! I talked to Jeff at Lockridge and he got me some quotes from guys that do this sort of work. I decided to have Charlie and George Bailey do the job for me. They have a fairly new way of pouring new basements under existing houses. They just support the house with beams while they work on 2 walls at a time. They say that it is less stressful on the house than jacking it up. And Lord knows that this house doesn't need anymore stress. She's already been through enough and I'm not going to subject her to anymore than what she needs. I am very confident and have no worries. These guys know what they are doing and have done a few basements like this before and say that it works really well. I'm anxious to see how they do it.
Enjoy the pictures of the 103 year old basement. The limestone at the bottom most likely came off the farm that the house sits on. Kind of sad knowing how much work went into laying it and now it is being replaced. Sometimes things need to be done though. I didn't do this much work to the house and then have an unusable, leaky basement sitting underneath of it. So I figured since I'm still young (27 is young, right??), I might as well just replace it now before it got worse and prices got higher. Stay tuned for more frequent updates!!
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