Investor · New York, NY · Member since 2014 · 153 posts · 126 votes
Pic #1: This is the water I found in one of my rentals that’s about 5’ below grade. This came AFTER we had finished doing a foundation waterproofing around the perimeter of the house! - How could this happen!?
I had to do some brainstorming . I was actually excited this happened!(Find something good about your problem & get excited ). I was about to find the solution to a problem I knew many investors and homeowner HATED dealing with when they encountered it.
Tip: Once you figure out the solution to a problem you now are able to solve it at lower cost in less time.
Pic #2: The solution was to install an interior French drain.This captures the water before it rises to floor level and channels it back out of the home. Note: holes on pipes go facing down not up. Just had them this way to show holes in picture
Pic #3: The room is now dry and ready to be finished & rented.
I'm a newbie and I'm not sure if I found this more comical or educational. I saw the topic and decided to read after my brothers apartment just flooded. @Jorge P. just because you've already experienced success to a certain degree and used professionals that were "licensed and insured" does not make you all knowing on the topic.
Not sure about you but my "good vibes only" attitude would have me remaining humble and not throwing jabs at the people trying to give decent advice. "you learn something every day" is a saying that applies to absolutely everyone in this world and while you may think you're right in your approach to fix your problem, did you stop to think for one second that maybe by slim chance you may have done it incorrectly?
I'm not saying you did it wrong but don't go around like "I'm right you're wrong" just because you THINK you did it right. consider the different points of view, debate, and PROVE that you're right if you want to act like that.
BiggerPockets forums are a meant to be a place for learning and sharing, not whatever this thread turned into. @Joe Splitrock@Matthew Paul Thanks for trying to help someone that doesn't want any helping.
My guess is he truly did have it done incorrectly and doesn't have a way to explain that, hence the "going silent". I would actually feel pretty bad for the guy if it wasn't for all his sarcastic remarks to everyone. Just because he was getting information he didn't want to hear, does not mean that it was being delivered rudely. At the very least I am still glad I read this as I was not aware of the pitfalls of fixing something like this incorrectly.
Thank you @Joe Splitrock, @Matthew Paul, and everyone else that contributed value to this thread. @Jorge P. I wish you the best of luck and I hope you realize that nobody was trying to attack you by questioning the method you used to try and solve this.