I am the owner of a old home.
In most weather conditions, even excessive rainfall, the basement does exceptionally well-- and remains dry.  In 2005 the Cit of Gay, In main sewer line broke and our house it the pipes crossing for the street we live on.Of course we got all kind of STUFF in our basement from this drain.

My basement  (of course, the carpeted room). The drainage tiles could not keep up with the excessive water levels.For us to be albe to use our water and have the water not get so high, My husband and I got out the SHOP VAC and started sucking up the water as it spread across the...