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<blockquote data-quote="SlugSlinger" data-source="post: 4256021" data-attributes="member: 7248"><p>We have an outdoor in ground concrete storm shelter we installed after the EF2 hit out place on 2016. It’s been leak free and we are happy with it.</p><p></p><p>My daughter bought a house a couple years ago that has an inground in the garage shelter. It seems to be made from some thin gauge sheet metal. The issue with it is the metal has several pinholes and the shelter must be below the wet season water table as it will get a foot of water in it this time of year. We are trying to figure out a way to keep the water out. They’ve bought a submersible pump to remove the water but there has got to be a way to seal it up?</p><p></p><p>I’ve thought about cutting a large hole in the floor of the shelter and installing a catch basin to work with the pump to better drain the water. But this seems extreme to me. Now the pump won’t remove all the water and leaves an inch or two of water before it starts cavitating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SlugSlinger, post: 4256021, member: 7248"] We have an outdoor in ground concrete storm shelter we installed after the EF2 hit out place on 2016. It’s been leak free and we are happy with it. My daughter bought a house a couple years ago that has an inground in the garage shelter. It seems to be made from some thin gauge sheet metal. The issue with it is the metal has several pinholes and the shelter must be below the wet season water table as it will get a foot of water in it this time of year. We are trying to figure out a way to keep the water out. They’ve bought a submersible pump to remove the water but there has got to be a way to seal it up? I’ve thought about cutting a large hole in the floor of the shelter and installing a catch basin to work with the pump to better drain the water. But this seems extreme to me. Now the pump won’t remove all the water and leaves an inch or two of water before it starts cavitating. [/QUOTE]
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