The Glorious State of Rowynia Soldiers On

[rowyn]

Lut shifted boxes in the basement while I headed for Home Depot.

I returned with a huge roll of far more heavy-duty plastic sheeting than we'd need, and the largest size wet/dry vac Home Depot carries.

With these tools in hand, side by side, Lut and I battled against the forces of watery doom.

At first, I thought water was winning. The carpet was, and is, soaking up more water almost as fast as I can vaccuum it up.

But the rain has all but stopped, and less water seems to be coming in from the two main leaking areas. Lut thinks the vast majority of the water was coming from the flooded extension, and he may be right. I know that at least a couple of spots in the area where I sealed are leaking, but it's not clear that a lot more water is coming in through this area.

Anyway, our efforts seemed to be reaching a point of diminishing returns. We shifted to higher ground what we could shift, put sheeting under what we could wedge it under (at least the futon frame should survive in good condition), and vaccuumed or swept into the sump pump thirty or more gallons of water. Before bed, I'll tackle the extension again, since if that's the source it's best to get it there.

Then ... we'll see. I gotta figure out where I put those phone numbers for foundation specialists.

Comments

[makovette.livejournal.com]

So swim party at your place this weekend? I'll bring some sodas and chips and maybe a case of Newcastle.

Damn sorry to hear about the basement pool in progress :-( Hopefully you guys can get some help to seal the thing permanently without going broke.

CYa!
Mako

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

Or plaster and tile the walls and make yourself an indoor swimming pool! :)

I wanted a hot tub, not a pool

[rowyn]

Maybe the furnace will heat the water up to a suitable temperature ....

Re: I wanted a hot tub, not a pool

[kelloggs2066.livejournal.com]

How 'bout an indoor Koi Pond? :)

Mmm, Koi

[rowyn]

Trask always has wanted a fish tank ....

Come to think of it, I could use a drink

[rowyn]

So, when're you coming by? I've got a spare mop. :)

[rowtree.livejournal.com]

The basement has flooded in every house I have lived in with my parents, and I think everyone they have lived in together. I definitely remember coming home from school, thinking that it has been raining, so I should go check the basement, and finding it flooded. Then I called my dad, or whichever adult was actually in the same city, and tell them. Then out comes the mop and bucket for to battle the watery forces of doom!, because we have so many books, that a good many are kept in the basement. I never want to think about how many were damaged, or destroyed. We feel your pain. The latest house had a pump, but the "outgoing tube" or whatever, never was really hooked up, so it ended next to the wall outside, which just allowed it to come back in. Grrr. And the neighbors' house is on a mound, and their gutterspouts were all pointed at our house.

[rowyn]

Mine is a finished basement, too. Carpet. In a basement that floods. I'm half-convinced that the sellers finished the basement purely to hide the fact that it floods.

*sigh*

[level-head.livejournal.com]

So it is time to call them on the carpet. Good luck with this.

===|==============/ Level Head

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

Long live the Glorious State of Rowynia! Water shall never encompass our defeat! The people shall unite to drive back the tyrannical force of wetness!