Hello,

We've had a period of warm weather recently causing snow to melt and then a period of heavy rainfall.

Our home was built in 1920 but has been extensively updated.

Unfortunately we woke up on New year's Eve to 4 inches of water in the basement.

After calling an emergency flood response, we got it mostly pumped out with some fans and dehumidifiers currently running.

There is a hole in the floor we thought was a floor drain that is still filling the basement with water every 5 or 10 minutes. We have a pump pumping it into our utility sink but it's showing no signs of stopping.

We think this is not a floor drain, but a leftover hole connected to a cistern pipe. We found a large pipe close to the foundation extending aboveground by about a foot before being capped.

Our guess is that this was not entirely filled when it was capped and is now leaking ground water through a crack.

The walls all appear dry after testing with a moisture meter pin and flair camera so this hole appears to be the only place water is coming in.

We do have a sump pump on the opposite side of the basement that has been running almost constantly the past two days, it's just not connected to this area on any way.

Can anyone comment on how we would go about fixing this?

Would a plumber snake this to find any sign on cracking and then try to fill it in? Does it have to be excavated? It appears to run under the floor about 4 feet and then through or under the foundation, then strait up above ground a couple inches from the side of the house.

Any advice is appreciated. Unfortunately, since it's New Year's Day, we can't get a plumber here to look at it right away and I'm preying this pump doesn't die because it sounds like it's going to go any minute.