Other: We had our basement flood (wet carpet in half the basement) on January 20, 2017 without any previous sign of leakage on that side of the house. The source of the water is unclear, but I'm wondering if the home (built ca. 1973) has a footer drain connected to the storm drain. Kevin Potter is coming out to inspect for structural damage at 2 pm today (1/25/17) The city storm drain was updated within the past two years with the new pipe starting at the down-slope corner of our property. The neighbor two houses up-slope from us discharges a lot of water from his property and had excavation work done near the end of his french drain on the 18th or 19th. Part of this work involved off and onloading a sizeable backhoe in front of our driveway near where the old and new drain pipe would be joined. I'm not sure what work the neighbor had done. In addition to his drainage, the neighbor immediately down slope from us was also draining his pool into the storm drain on what had been a very rainy week. Is it possible to send a city employee out to see whether some combination of these activities has caused the drainage system to fail or otherwise backflow into our house? Thanks!
Problem not caused by city. I left a voice message with the constituent on 1/26 explaining this.
I received a voice message from Curtis at Travelers Ins. regarding a claim filed by Ronda Sewald for the water in the basement. I returned his phone call and left a voice message informing him the storm sewer infrastructure was added on Tudor Lane to help pick up street drainage. No work was done by the city of this parcel.
We checked the sight and do not see anything the City may have done that would cause this to happen. As was stated in the ureport, the work concluded in the street at the southwest corner of your lot so the City was not on your lot performing any work. Also, the storm infrastructure installed was all new, not a replacement so there would not be a previous connection.
| City | Bloomington |
|---|---|
| State | IN |
| Zip | 47401 |
| Latitude | 39.131488800049 |
| Longitude | -86.523612976074 |
| Neighborhood Association | Sherwood Oaks Neighbors |
| Township | Perry |
| Status | Case Date | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|
| closed | 7/23/2020 | Other | |
| closed | 2/17/2020 | Potholes, Other Street Repair | |
| closed | 9/16/2004 | Trash | |
| closed | 1/10/2000 | Sewer Problems (Sanitary Sewers) | |
| closed | 7/17/1997 | Trash |