yeah I would be having a discussion with that property owner
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Might be tough to do in your case to save this spring, but when the opportunity presents....
Get a bunch of fill dirt and simply fill in and compact with your feet around your foundation so it slopes away from your house. This is the 'dirty' secret all those foundation/dry basement companies don't want you to know about. Wife's old house had a terrible problem with wet basements until I did this. Took a few truckloads of dirt, but now the basement has been bone dry ever since, where before it would flood a few times a year.
Don't worry about all the other stuff on here, the slope away from your house will almost certainly solve the problem.
Wow. Mini-Buffalo! No fun.
Still, when compared to a place called Buffalo, just a little teaser!
Speaking of Buffalo.......saw where they received 43 inches from this latest storm. Which for Buffalo really isn't even close to a record coming off the lakes. What was different is that they received our blizzard type of winds with that.
For all practical purposes shut that city down. Which is an accomplishment considering they get so much snow every year. Must not get blizzard type winds very much.
And to think I thought 12-15 inches with wind was a mother load. Wow.....that's crazy.
How well your member might be known is not necessarily related to its size.
I'd give the city a call. Generally illegal to do that. Usually sort of ignored for incidental over throw and such but if it's significant and they get away with it than it will just get worse.
Well yes this is the optimal option but not practical for Joe blow. Just get dirt use a tamper and slope away from the house.
I did it with my Chevy Colorado, a spade shovel, and my boots. (Note I said to ignore the rest of that picture)
They got over 60 inches just a few weeks ago, so an additional 43 would certainly fubar things.
