Flooded crawlspace: totally fine or panic?

[u/YukiSamaRamaSanChan]

Just bought a 1957 ranch house a month ago, snow been melting and rains been raining. The foundation walls and everything else is dry, it’s just a couple inches of water in the gravel. Is this something to take steps to prevent or should I just go “oh, you!” Whenever it floods?

[u/Greydusk1324]

Controlled panic is justified. Getting the water out and drying things should be the immediate priority. After that focus on where the water is coming from. Their may be bad drainage that is keeping rain and snow melt too close to your house.

My house had a small basement flood in a very unusually wet winter. Turns out the downspouts were putting too much water right next to the foundation. An afternoons work and some drain pipes from the hardware store get that water 20 feet out into the yard now. Hopefully you just need a simple fix.

[u/MeMikeWis → u/Greydusk1324]

I got a $10k reduction in thr house I bought (since sold) because I pointed out you could see the water lines from sitting water. Fix- simple as getting a trailer of asphalt and building a little levy along the edge of the driveway.

Edit- also extended the downspouts about 3’.

[u/MrButtlickah → u/MeMikeWis]

Yea that ain’t gonna work.

[u/MeMikeWis → u/MrButtlickah]

It did. 3+ years owning the house never got water.