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Questions about building a flood dam in front of a basement door.
Our house has a walk out basement. The door opens to a concrete pad with a drain, which normally keeps water from coming in. However, during our last major storm, rushing water brought debris with it and covered the drain, so water came in under the door. I'm considering options for a permanent or semi permanent dam in front of the door. I've seen temporary options, but I don't want to have think about whether it might storm and have to redeploy my barrier. Are there any good options for something like this? Are there generally any codes covering this sort of thing? I can understand it could be a trip hazard. I'm willing to live with that, but might want something reversible, so I can remove it if I go to sell. My idea so far is something like a 5" piece of PVC trim, caulked to the wall and concrete pad. submitted by /u/irrefragabl3 [link] [comments]
Our house has a walk out basement. The door opens to a concrete pad with a drain, which normally keeps water from coming in. However, during our last major storm, rushing water brought debris with it and covered the drain, so water came in under the door.
I'm considering options for a permanent or semi permanent dam in front of the door. I've seen temporary options, but I don't want to have think about whether it might storm and have to redeploy my barrier.
Are there any good options for something like this? Are there generally any codes covering this sort of thing? I can understand it could be a trip hazard. I'm willing to live with that, but might want something reversible, so I can remove it if I go to sell.
My idea so far is something like a 5" piece of PVC trim, caulked to the wall and concrete pad.
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