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<blockquote data-quote="OKC9-12LEDR1" data-source="post: 2056421" data-attributes="member: 7700"><p>Sounds like the company that installed the room didn't consider the water table in your area, or didn't care. Shoot Summ is on the right track. It is going to require digging this thing back out. Not removing but digging around all sides. Seal it if you can clean the surface well enough. Dig down a foot or so below the base around the sides making a trench. Make a sand bed and lay down PVC French drain pipe, the kind with holes drilled down the length. Cover the pipe with weed fabric and fill the trench with course gravel. Put down another layer of weed fabric. Fill the area around the shelter with course gravel up to a foot or so from ground level. Another layer of weed fabric and put down your top soil. A foot of dirt will be enough to keep the grass on top alive and hold enough moisture for the grass. </p><p></p><p>If this is on a hill side as you said, you should be able to set the pipe on a grade and let the water run out on it's own. Worst case you might have to set up a sump pump in one corner and pump it out. That is where the solar powered sump pump would come in. </p><p></p><p>It's going to be a lot of work, but likely worth it if the room is big enough. Rent or borrow a backhoe for a weekend and dig it out. </p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="OKC9-12LEDR1, post: 2056421, member: 7700"] Sounds like the company that installed the room didn't consider the water table in your area, or didn't care. Shoot Summ is on the right track. It is going to require digging this thing back out. Not removing but digging around all sides. Seal it if you can clean the surface well enough. Dig down a foot or so below the base around the sides making a trench. Make a sand bed and lay down PVC French drain pipe, the kind with holes drilled down the length. Cover the pipe with weed fabric and fill the trench with course gravel. Put down another layer of weed fabric. Fill the area around the shelter with course gravel up to a foot or so from ground level. Another layer of weed fabric and put down your top soil. A foot of dirt will be enough to keep the grass on top alive and hold enough moisture for the grass. If this is on a hill side as you said, you should be able to set the pipe on a grade and let the water run out on it's own. Worst case you might have to set up a sump pump in one corner and pump it out. That is where the solar powered sump pump would come in. It's going to be a lot of work, but likely worth it if the room is big enough. Rent or borrow a backhoe for a weekend and dig it out. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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