How is our BASEMENT after OVER a Year?

[@galtamasferenc]

The more water you pump out, will cause more water to come in. You should try to insulate the walls from outside, do french drains as others mentioned it earlier, and install gutter on the roof. There are products to insulate from inside too.

[@kimmycanuk2530]

Great advice. I have an old house, and was battling ground water flooding for years. Dug a hole for the sump pump, had the French drains, had new eave troughs installed, and still flooding, due to so much rain, and the permafrost in the winter. Finally fixed it by making a mini moat trench around the outside of my place, and directing the water away towards my gardens. You could probably shorten the float on the sump pump with a zip tie too.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@kimmycanuk2530 That's not a sump pump. What you see is a variety of random parts plugged together to imitate a sump pump. Dangerous and ineffective. You are right. The only real solution is to direct the water away from the foundation with gravity.

[@michellepaperchaser]

No food for frog will make life hard. Wise to have storage off the floor. You’ve worked so very hard to change this from a dirt and garbage filled pit to a useful area. It looks like figuring out drainage away from the house will be important to tackle in the next few years to avoid mold. Wishing you the best

[@KayInMaine]

Frogs typically go into hibernation for the winter. They either go into the muck in a pond or under leaves. They don't eat hardly at all during the winter.

[@vickismallwood2082]

I remember the first time I saw that basement and you would never have convinced me it would turn out so nice. You have taken it a long way and I know you will fix this little inconvenience. It's so nice to see a well stocked basement for you both.

[@gondolin12]

you really need that French Drain around the perimeter of the house.

[@steelers19571]

i see a lot of water standing around your house you should put eavestrough up and a french drain around your foundation

[@lucialieskovska6182]

Hi Dessy and Deivid. What a progress you made at your home. Keita got more grey on her fur coat. Please give her and Ivy some scratches from me. ❤️🍀🐶🐱👨👧

[@Sanda37StrangnasSweden]

Tips on how you can get rid of the water from getting into your basement. As I see in the video, your basement is in the corner with two outer walls. So my tip is to start digging out the side of the outer wall down to the bottom plate and then you take about 15 cm below the bottom plate. Once you have the entire outer wall free, you take the cold slab and the ground mat that is made of asphalt so you get the seal against the basement.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@jeffmeyer9319]

I have a rainwater collection system that uses a sump pump to collect all the rain that lands on my roof. The sump tank that holds the pump is about 3 feet deep (a meter). Your pump needs to be sitting in dry after it has pumped out all that it can. It shouldn't always be in the water, or it will go bad (probably corrode out). My first pump went bad after a few years, but the current one seems to be going strong 3 years later.

[@DoBeDiff]

Yeah the sump pump we have needs to be submerged around a meter deep for the float to turn on. I been researching on floats that are more precise and work with smaller amount of water. The way I have the pump it never touches the water, the rubber hose and filter only sits in the water!

[@HH-li5xl]

That is an amazing amount of self reliance food !! I just wanna mention that that basement used to be a dirt crawl space with the previous owners garbage and now it’s an excellent food storage !! Great Job guys. !

[@user-ho3dk4pg8y]

From my years of experience (many more than yours 😊), I can tell you it’s almost next to impossible to keep a dry basement unless you start with a new build and waterproof the walls from the outside, plus drainage from the outside, plus a sump pump inside for insurance.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@trondx]

I am impressed how good musicians and nice melodies you have in most of your videos. Best regards from Norway

[@Hollybank5]

You have so many pickles and preserves!!! You definitely will not go hungry any time soon 🎉!!! ❤❤❤

[@onamissionfortruth6326]

I LOVE the basement, even though there's a slight water issue at the moment, that will get resolved. It's my favorite addition because of the perfect food storage area with a natural controlled temp - so smart. You did a great job getting it organized, clean & bright - great job. I know it was a lot of work at the time but well worth it now. All your canned goods look so yummy. Such an important emergency food supply stash should things get wonky in the world. Excellent video, thx for the update.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

"slight water issue " 😅🤣😅😂 You're funny!

[@ronnieroberts7189]

What an amazing resilient couple. Kudos for your positivity.

[@cathyhatfield5340]

Wow that’s some great food storage! Nice job👍😎❤️

[@nisar8009]

It’s so good to see Katia . Poor little baby is getting old. It’s always a pain when the basement floods. There’s not much you can do about it, especially in the winter. You’ve done such a great job with organizing everything!

[@collettelennonmint5247]

So glad you are doing good this winter, learning as you go. Compared to when you first moved in it's like you're living the high life. The great thing is you will have a lot of content with upcoming projects. 🥰

[@annettemaddalone4297]

looks like you need a sum pump that will automatically pump out the water

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@minime7375]

You have a serious farmstead there, so many preserves! You guys are set for a couple of winters.

[@gailjohnston6102]

Your basement pantry is like a grocery store. Remarkable!

[@marshamartinek5266]

My. Grandmother's basement did this every year. Also I know what you're going through.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@bettyrickicki2517]

I cannot remember if you have a dehumidifier in the basement. If not, it would be helpful to prevent mold. Also wondering if you have done anything outside to divert water away from the house. I cannot remember with all the projects you have done! Maybe someone can fill me in…❤️

[@halfanewfie2]

Wonderfu to see all the food you perserved! Well done!! 💖

[@growinggenerationshomestea516]

It’s still a good basement and can be improved. But it’s holding so much food. You’ll figure out best options

[@ml1049]

I think it's just a problem that's going to have to wait until summer to address. The French drains are a smart idea. But you have to remember that all houses settle over time causing the foundation to sink lower than the way it was when it was new. I think the best solution is the drainage issues outside around the foundation but, you can't do that in the middle of winter. As long as everything is elevated above the floor it should be fine until you have the opportunity to fix it. But as others have said, basements are notoriously hard to keep dry. Once summer hits and you fix the drainage problem, you might seal the walls and floor with special sealing products made for basements. But doesn't your food storage look marvelous? There is nothing quite as satisfying as standing and looking at the results of all your hard work. Nice job.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@Kitty_cat2001]

You need a French drain I think - it’ll assts greatly - maybe a spring job?

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@normundsrozenbergs4882]

Labi krājumi jums pagrabā.😊

[@growinggenerationshomestea516]

I can with rings and seals, I think the lids look so much nicer cuz You’ll have a actual lid after you open it. Are those reusable or do you get new ones each year? We store carrots in sand so they stay good

[@gailjohnston6102]

I grew up in a house with a sub- pump. Never had water issues.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@sylvester2294]

Looked like a good snuggle up nite to me...:-)

[@Tarina-w6n]

Love your videos very interesting ❤

[@naticongored]

תודה❤❤❤❤

[@JustMe-s6s4m]

If you hang weight at about the halfway point on the cable to the float you can make it trip at a lower water level. Zip tie a big bolt or something and that should work.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@JeanMcGinnis-gm2nc]

Just got home from work and your video was first up! And thank you for posting so much I really look forward to seeing what is next! Have you thought about French drainage for the fields? You can put them below the plowing depth and it would help with the drainage problem! And definitely around the buildings! Oh my dreams! 😊❤ love and light!

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@elizabethmesora2558]

Next summer install French drains

[@izzygirl9591]

Awesome storage cellar. Is those canning covers on the jars. Tks

[@albertoalvarez8366]

French drain surronding the whole building.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@gabrielebehr563]

Your basement looks like Aldi👍

[@JustMe1u2]

what kind of water pump are you using????

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@patriciapoyanestebanez408]

David , no podrías sujetar el flotador en la pared interior de la arqueta con unos tornillos o algo ??? Así no dejarías que el agua subiera de cierto nivel y el flotador funcionaría siempre .

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@marycgarmon7140]

Do you have a French drain around your house? That might help drain water away from your house and keep your basement drier.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@scottstephens4587]

I'll just repeat everyone else. The canning and storage organization is simply amazing! So proud of you guys.

[@coldspring624]

Here pumps are submerged and would empty your water pit in about 1min.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@KonTikiBea]

Need to put in a french drain asap... not hard to do and will 100% solve the problems... ~

[@DoBeDiff]

We will install drainage around the house and the yard but I doubt that it will solve this problem since this is more of ground water level being high. Everything is flooded not just the basement the more drainages we add the more pipes we need to redirect all this water. Maybe our system could handle it we will have to see!

[@MBen-f2b]

Maybe if you tie a string to a brick, put the brick in the sump, tie string to cord so the float is below the basement floor. This should turn on the pump before the water gets to basement floor level.

[@lexluthor6497]

I was thinking the same. It will work with a shorter float cable deeper down in the pit.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@debbieelliott7471]

I was wondering where the puppy dog was.

[@stephan6372]

Καλή Χρονιά και ότι ποθείς ' με υγεία. For the electric float: move the weight closer to the float so that the ball inside presses the switch. That is if it's connected correctly. 😊

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@scaro81]

All that work to keep the water out. Old houses....😢

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@DeborahHaggerty-fs5br]

Do you have sump pumps where you live? You need one for your basement.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@Jennifer62389]

Could cause mold on your food.

[@birgitc.rudolph9123]

Most of the food is in bottles and glasses ..so no worry

[@billyporter2195]

Great video, good luck with projects. What was the music at intro? 👍

[@ernie7065]

like all families that preserve food.... you will never eat it all.

[@ernie7065]

My parents, aunts and grandparents all "preserved" so much more food than they ever could eat... when they died most of it got thrown out. Fact.

[@murtoasumpoiler]

A good way to seal a wire joint is to cover it with silicone. I have done this with underground cables and the are still good years later

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@dannyl2598]

You can get self leveling concrete that will be very durable when thin, also, hydraulic cement can be mixed so it can be poured in to cracks and hydrologic cement expands when it cures.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@dannyl2598]

@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 oh, okay. I guess preventing ingress and being proactive is not how you would do it.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@dannyl2598 Clearly, you don't understand the scope of the problem. Self leveling concrete and crack sealing is not going to solve this problem. Making this space watertight is impossible. The only solution is to collect the water and pump it out.

[@AnotherCanadianSenior]

That must have been disheartening after all your efforts to improve and waterproof the basement. I'm sorry.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@karenbergevine9140]

I also wondering if all those wires safe

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@jeffdymarczyk4413]

Water table outside is higher than your basement.Outside water has no where to go.All houses around there must have flooded basements!!

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

The only solution is to pump the water away to daylight.

[@racebanning6390]

Happy for you, all those beaitiful canned food. Hard work paid off👍. A tip , perhaps a weather seal around the cellar door. The Temp 40°F is perfect. Be blessed🙏🙏😁

[@growinggenerationshomestea516]

Maybe the frog will like pickles 😂

[@ΣοφιαΚορδατου]

🎉🎉🎉❤

[@happymark1805]

make a rock on the cable of the floater so it stays lower and switches the pump on earlyer

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@happymark1805]

@@stevejohnstonbaugh9171 actualy what they are using IS a real sump pump, the pit should have been a bit deeper, but making a rock on the cable will solve that

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

@@happymark1805 😃The pump sitting on the stair tread at 2:46 is not a submersible sump pump. It is not purpose engineered and built to operate in a wet sump. But it is an ordinary pump. Maybe you have never seen a real submersible sump pump?! Look it up. You might learn something.

[@Blessings.429]

I really enjoy this channel but I do not agree with the dog being left out in the Artic blast, Dogs are pets after all. The geese sheep etc are all outdoor animals, cats and dogs no. Barn cats usually find a warm space, guardian dogs outside yes but I understand why but for me they still need a space that is out of wind and snow.

[@danamccarthy5890]

The dog went out to do its business and came back in.

[@phillipdickinson8557]

David and Dessey great job float is working❤🎉❤

[@karenbergevine9140]

Do you have a fan to take out moisture

[@karenbergevine9140]

I wonder if the moss on the roof is ok

[@leapingkitties]

Yes it's not as bad, but I sure would worry about black mold.

[@stevejohnstonbaugh9171]

Why don't you take the correct path and buy a real sump pump? Sump pumps are built specifically to do this work. It is fully submerged and you have no worries about electrocution. WHat you have created is a Frankenstein pump setup that will never be 100% reliable. You don't want Dessy to walk into the water one day and die by electrocution. Just buy a proper submersible sump pump. If your pit is not deep enough, dig it out. It is too shallow as it is.

[@mariannesvensson3660]

Weren’t you gifted those cucumbers from your neighbours?

[@peter-fuppe-fuchs]

Hiiiiiiii 💖💖💖

[@LazarZed]

ALWAYS GOOD JOB 🎉PERFECTE

[@Angelic2023]

💗💗🥇🥇😍😍

[@coby6417]

👍👏🌟🍀💐

[@sgtbear100]

You need to run your down pipes away from your foundation.