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Not IIRc, but apparently some of us share some common H2O issues. Spent the whole day keeping ahead of the water as it was leaking into a closet next on our lower bedroom level (w/wood floors!). There is a miniscule sump pump in the half basement that helps somewhat, but with the torrendial downpour this morning, the water came in faster that the pump could handle. I had a couple of shop vacs to pick up the water, then the power went out. Wonderful. So there I am trying to soak up the water with terry cloth. Not sure I was altogether successful as the water went up to the threshold of the wood floor. Capillary action is pretty effective in transferring water in wood. Will wait and see what wavyness ensues.
My solution? Currently thinking that instead of digging an access from the entire 2nd story entry down to the garage level floor 10 feet below to install the proper french drains, I'll install some long trenches in the garage and basement area (along the wall) to collect the water into a sump where a pump will (hopefully) take it outside. However, I won't be able to do this until it stops raining and it dries out. I was even thinking of busting a hole in the cement floor today to install a sump pump lower than the floor level, but with my luck (and hydrostatic pressure), I was afraid of creating a pressure relief hole for water to enter (sorta like a hole in the bottom of a canoe or paddling upstream w/o a paddle). What do you think?
Still pales in comparison to what happened in the orient last week though.
Yours in wetness,
Sherwood
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