Name:   MrHodja - Subject:   Basement water problems Date:   8/24/2020 9:53:11 AM

I am not an engineer but lived in the Omaha, NE area two different times while on active duty.  We bought a house both times, and they were both pretty well built into the side of a hill.  The first one leaked so badly that we often just had to ensure there wasn't anything on the floor that the water would damage.  We also tried the landscaping method, but to no avail.  The second home we bought had drainage tile around the outside of the bottom floor slab that actually drained through a small opening into a drain just inside the house in the laundry room.  When we experienced long periods of wet weather we could see the water flowing through that opening into the drain, and never had wet basement problems.  For an existing home, replicating that method would require significant excavating to be able to get the drainage tile low enough to be effective.  If you consult a real engineer they might have a solution that would require less drastic measures, such as drilling vertical drain shaft(s) and strategically placing sump pumps to reduce or eliminate the hyrdostatic pressure.   Good luck and let us know what you find out.