Where is basement water coming from?
Finding water leaks can be very tricky because water can travel quite aways before it begins to drip. For example: at one of my properties the flashing around a vent pipe on the roof had started to leak. The place the leak appeared was on the basement steps. The water had run down a rafter and across a ceiling joist and then down the stud into the basement steps. The leak was only evident when it rained. It took me a while to find the problem and then only with the help of an older more experienced landlord. We had to wait until the water appeared and then follow the leak to the source. Now, I’m not saying that it is your roof that is leaking, but what I am saying is that where the water appears in your home can be quite a ways away from where the source is. I would go into the attic when it is raining and look for damp spots, and I would also run all the faucets in the house and check for leaks in any drain pipes that you can see. Look over all the exposed water lines and look for dam
