a river runs through it

[the_siobhan]

And by "it" I mean my basement.

Wow. That's a lot of water.

I may have once in my life been foolish enough to say I wanted to spend more time with nature, but that didn't mean by inviting it into my house.

Comments

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Well, you *did* say your place was turning into Discovery channel territory. Now you can have salmon swimming up your stairs to spawn.

I have been suspicious for some time that your house was possessed by some malignent entity; now I'm conviced.

Where the hell is the water coming from? Outside, or plumbing?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Outside. We've had thunderstorms here for three days running, and I think the gutters just gave up.

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

You too? Our basement flooded last night and again this morning. We filled our 14 gallon shopvac 5-6 times between yesterday and today. Any damage?

[the-siobhan.livejournal.com]

Only behind the walls where we can't get at it. :-p

We have a drain by the washing machine so the water is leaving - I just have to ford a river to get to the bathroom. And it's coming out from underneath the bedroom so I'll need a dehumidifier in there for a couple of days before I can even think about sleeping there again.

[50-ft-queenie.livejournal.com]

Heh. Us too. We're going to call the insurance company tomorrow to see if they cover the cost of repairs.

[eveofdstruction.livejournal.com]

oh, shit.

[eciklb.livejournal.com]

Right with you on that. I've decided that I need a dedicated broom for sweeping the water into the drain by the washer, and I've been emptying the dehumidifier about eleventy billion times a day.

[artistatlarge.livejournal.com]

We solved that problem by running a hose from the dehumidifier's tank to a drain. It just runs constantly, all by itself.

Thank god everything stored on the floor is in plastic tubs...

[eciklb.livejournal.com]

It's a good solution, and one I used in my old house. Unfortunately, here, there are no good outlets anywhere near where the dehumidifier would need to go for us not to be using a very long hose.

[nicklausse.livejournal.com]

Uhoh, here it comes again. :/ Now we know why we found albino plant life growing inside the wall of the basement stairs . . . The basement itself, thankfully, is dry.

[ash-pixie.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about the basement, that's never fun, especially when your bedroom is in it. :(

How's the new chinking/tipping on the top floor walls holding out?

[sloot.livejournal.com]

yeah, just before I left for Toronto on Friday, I discovered that my basement was trying to be a swimming pool.


thankfully I have a small pump and hooked that up, then the dehumidifiers. It was one of the reasons I delayed departure until morning (the pump is on or off, it doesn't have a water depth sensor)

I wasn't sure how much water I was going to come home to, but it was in the bearable range. both dehumidifiers were full though.

[ladyclayton.livejournal.com]

That sounds exhausting. *sends over a pump*

[tristam08.livejournal.com]

You could invest in a paddle-boat for the basement.
That could be fun ;)