Basement water~what can be done besides sump pump????? (Glasgow: house, buy)

[IrishTiltedKilt]

I am considering purchasing a home in Glasgow which has a basement with a sump pump. There is evidence of past water in the basement. What else can I do to address the water issue besides having the sump pump????

I have read that you can have the basement water proofed, and it will not leak. It is a block wall basement. Is it possible to have concrete put over the walls to stop the water leakage?

Any help or places to contact for further information would be much appreciated

[IrishTiltedKilt]

Does anyone know if the stuff called Permaflex, a coating that you paint on works???? Is it better to have someone that does basement systems do the work?

[dixiegirl7]

First, I wouldn't buy a house with a block basement in this part of Kentucky. It is a karst topography with a lot of ground water. You can seal them and run drainage away from the basement with some good results sometimes.

[tomocox]

We had a basement so wet that when a frog peed the basement would not just be damp, it was a swamp. We had a company called Olsham to lay a tile around the perimeter of the basement. The tile emptied into a sump pump. The walls were then covered with thin sheets of a hard plastic which forced the water down the walls into the tile. It has worked flawlessly. We have finished 1/2 the basement into an electronically loaded training room. Never a problem. I recommend two additions which we have added. One is the the auto fan (not a dehumidifier) which runs when the humidity levels are up. We also put a backup system on our sump pump. It runs on city water pressure. It saved our butt during the ice storm this year. No power for a week, yet the basement stayed perfectly dry.

By the way, there are several similar firms that do this service.