Water, Water, Water everywhere
03-15-2011, 04:34 PM
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Hey, no water when I came home tonight!!!! I have some information on the hydralic concrete, and lots of advice on drainage systems....again, thanks to all of you for sharing your soggy moments. It is helping me get through this....so much work to do. While I don't think that I will be laughing about this soon, at least I have stopped crying. Wonder how my DH's (?) golf game was today.....
03-15-2011, 06:25 PM
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I am so sorry for this bad luck. Do you have a sump pump in your basement? Is this something that happens each year? Do take care of your back.. I know using a shopvac includes lifting the tank and throwing out the sucked up water... heavy job. Hugs, I do hope it ends soon for you.
03-15-2011, 08:20 PM
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oh Deb. what a mess.. I went through one year when we had 3 floods in the same year.. I was just about ready to walk out of the house and let anyone who wanted it have it! We have lived here 21 years and only had two other times when we had a problem.. One when there was no power to run the sump pump... another when there was a tornado near by with downpouring rain for a horribly long time.. and the 3 in a year episode.. I am so sorry, I know how much work and the pain of it all.. wish I were closer, I'd help.
03-15-2011, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Deb watkins
YIKES....as much as I love spring, the warm temps have melted most of the snow, and my basement has become a swimming pool. Rugs all soaked, boxes of scraps drenched, BUT....the packages of the Blocks of the Orient are in a rubbermaid tub so they are SAFE!!! My fabric armoire is up high so that is all safe, but my back is screaming, my legs are shaking and I am sleep deprived. I have been working pretty steadily since 10am on Saturday morning, the shop vac does a good job of sucking the water up, but I have to keep doing it every 15 minutes. There are cracks in the floor where the water just bubbles (yeah, like a little fountain) up through. I didn't see it when it first began because the cracks are under the large throw rug. It wasn't until I went down to sew on Saturday a.m. and noticed the new indoor pool.... :hunf: hubby helped...picked up the 4 boxes of my scraps (used for pillow sutffings) and of course the bottom fell out and scraps were floating around. Still can't laugh about it yet. Have to call off work tomorrow (not to sew - drats) but just to keep ahead of it.
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