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| t3ragtop | Jun 21 2015, 12:24 AM Post #16 |
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Turbo3 and Twincam Tweaker
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for the most part things were up off the floor. the panic mode didn't kick in until it was clear that electronic stuff and electrical power strips were going to take water. i protected the appliances the best i could. this was the second time in 16 years that the basement has gotten water like this and by far, this was the highest i have seen it. my take away from this is that i should have a dewatering pump ready. my house is pretty much up on a hill and it doesn't have a sump pump. it has a central floor drain that runs into an underground 8" clay pipe that leads to a buried 2500 gallon concrete cistern. the cistern has an 8" overflow pipe running in a tile to a ravine, exiting at least 25 feet below the grade of my basement. it rained so heavily and for so long that it filled that whole system and overwhelmed the 4" floor drain. i had ground water blowing up through tiny cracks in the concrete basement floor. the good part is that it was only ground water. my septic tank and piping is a good 20 feet below the grade of my basement floor so i didn't get any sewage involved. the forecast for tomorrow involves more heavy rain so i don't plan on doing too much cleanup work until the weather is more cooperative. |
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| aaronvincent | Jun 21 2015, 12:33 AM Post #17 |
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Mr Mojo Risin'
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But not a drop to drink? |
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| Mythstae | Jun 21 2015, 12:34 AM Post #18 |
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Yeah, you deal with enough of that at work!![]() Do I sense more overtime in your future? |
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| idmetro | Jun 21 2015, 09:49 AM Post #19 |
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Outside grade fall away from the house? All downspouts routed out and away? Need to get the water to go somewhere else and not into your basement. Sorry to hear of your flood. |
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| geogonfa | Jun 21 2015, 10:19 AM Post #20 |
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Still raining here...luckily in Texas we don't have basements...haven't been able to get to the garage in over two weeks without out getting the ole boots...and to think I'm not even in the flood range...it actually receded a little this morning![]() ![]() |
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| evmetro | Jun 21 2015, 01:07 PM Post #21 |
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We could use some of that water out here in CA....
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| PTA2PTB | Jun 21 2015, 04:10 PM Post #22 |
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I'm totally awesome! I swear.
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Drought on the brain vs water on the brain? |
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| CAMI MAN | Jun 21 2015, 09:02 PM Post #23 |
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CUSTODIAN OF THE MR.SUZUKI CONVERTIBLE
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Hi Richard , How was the weather today ? How is your basement ? I hope its ok
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| myredvert | Jun 22 2015, 12:04 AM Post #24 |
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While we haven't heard from Richard, for what it's worth here in central Ohio we had a sunny, completely dry day today. I hope that gave him the break he needed to get things dried out and cleaned up. |
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| Metromightymouse | Jun 22 2015, 03:16 AM Post #25 |
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Powdercoat Wizard
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Nah, he's too busy with super double double overtime |
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| davegran | Jun 22 2015, 06:42 AM Post #26 |
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Old Fart w/Wrenches
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It sounds like you don't have any drain tile at the base of your foundation. Unless you want to spend the bucks to retrofit a system, I'd recontour your lawn as much as possible away from the house and put extensions on your downspouts to get the water as far away from the foundation as possible. Without drain tile, your basement is basically sitting in a swimming pool.... Having a good submersible pump on the shelf will give you some peace of mind and insurance against any more biblical events.
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Unless you want to spend the bucks to retrofit a system, I'd recontour your lawn as much as possible away from the house and put extensions on your downspouts to get the water as far away from the foundation as possible. Without drain tile, your basement is basically sitting in a swimming pool....
7:39 PM Jul 10