Basements don’t do well in Oklahoma
Why is that?
Please enlighten me!
It just seems it would be a good thing since there is so many nasty tornados there!
It’s usually the water table and leakage. I’ve seen one basement and several storm cellars with a foot or two of water in them just from ground seepage through the walls. I’m sure it’s doable with the right plan and construction up front. I assume it’s extremely cost prohibitive or they would be all over Oklahoma considering our weather. They aren’t though.
The old storm shelter added to the house in '56 was concrete and continued to seep water. Could never keep the water out of it. Several years ago bought a garage unit from Ground Zero out of Perry, well built, keeps the water out.
Where I am at (Oh-Hi-Oh) basements are real common.
And we rarely have a shortage of water.
Basements are coated with mortar on the outside of the cement blocks, then sprayed with tar.
Footer drains go around the outside and (should) go around the inside.
They drain into a crock where there is a pump to get rid of the water.
Proper backfill is washed gravel.
It is real important to have good gutters and down spouts to get the roof water away!
The soil here is horrible for them. It really doesn’t matter what you do they will leak.
One of the rent houses (older home) has one and it is mostly on its own little hill as so that the basement is mostly at grade. Unless the pump is maintained it will gain a significant level of water. Even if you bitumen - membrane -bitumen the movement and hydraulic pressure will make a way in over time. There just isn’t anywhere for the water to be drained
I like that guy. I’ve noticed that our prices lag 2-4 weeks from what he is seeing. Also he seems to of started a lot higher then us. I don’t reacall ever seeing $81 CDX here
With this drastically dropping, there should be significantly cheaper wood furniture firearms in the classifieds now!!! Yay
It is the high clay content in the soil, combined with high water tables, that causes most cellars/basements in Oklahoma to leak. My house is one of the exceptions that proves the rule--its basement doesn't leak, but the soil surrounding the house is exceptionally sandy.
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