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Message: [QUOTE="UConnJim, post: 4168137, member: 1559"] Purchased a house with a not great finished basement. One storm flooded the basement and we had to redo it. Luckily, we had a contractor working on a separate project at the time and he recommended putting in French drains and a sump pump since everything in the basement like the carpet needed to come up. To the best of our knowledge, the basement had never flooded in 50+ years, but we put in the French drains and sump pump anyway since the basement was empty and we wanted to reduce the possibility of ever having a flooded basement ever again. Redo is much better with better carpet, real ceiling, 2 TVs on the wall, better furniture,... We do use a dehumidifier in the summer and it is necessary. [/QUOTE]