RodChester's Basement Theater

[RodChester]

Originally Posted by ejusted

Your room looks great!! Why did the water end up coming in? I would try and future proof that and avoid water from coming in the future. You don't want to damage any of your gear.

Thanks. We had a ton of rain for a few days in a row and the ground around the house just became saturated. From what I could tell it seems the water came in from the bottom up into the room. It’s kind of puzzling because there wasn’t a drop of water anywhere else in the basement except along that one area in the theater room. The one easy thing I plan to do to help prevent it from happening again is to extend the drain spouts on that side of the house. They already end about four feet from the house but I’m hoping putting them out a few more feet will help in the future. My wife and I have been in this house for two years and that was the first time any water was seen in the basement. I’m hopeful it will continue to be a very rare occurrence if it happens again.