After nearly two hours of mopping, towelling, bailing and cussing, we have tarps screwed into the siding outside above the basement windows that are directing the water away from the window wells and out onto the lawn. We have also put wide wooden planks under the tarps, across the length and most of the width of the wells. Hopefully these things will work sufficiently well to save all the items that are stored in the basement until we can go outside later this morning to check out the situation in the light. We had to put these protective measures in place in the pitch dark and as quietly as possible to try to avoid waking the neighbours....not an easy task! hahahaha It has been quite an adventure! hahahaha
My husband pounded a shim into the concrete basement wall where the worst crack opened up inside, then wrapped a strip of flannel sheet around the shim to wick the water into the pail below. He has a similar wicking process going in the other crack, but since we have no more big pails, he has the water directed into an aluminum roasting pan with a siphoning hose taking that water along the floor and into the floor drain.
Thank God for my handyman husband! I know what needs to be done, but do not have the skills to do it. He never complains, just sets to work solving these types of problems as well as he can. I am proud of him!
Just one more issue pushing us toward our move next spring. We can’t do this type of thing for much longer in a rental unit where these sorts of building maintenance issues are supposed to be fixed by the property management company. We have loved the rent credit they have given us the past few years because we have been doing their work for them, but now we are tired of doing these sorts of things. These types of adventures we can now do without I 🤔 think! The rain is still falling, so who knows what kind of a mess we will have in a few more hours, but for now we should try to get some sleep.
At least the tornado watch has ended for now.
2 comments:
Wow! That is beyond ridiculous that you still are dealing with that!! Prayers for a sweet new home in the spring if not sooner.
Hope you had some sleep.
I’ve had about 5 1/2 hours but hoping my husband sleeps a lot longer! The rain finally stopped and the sun is shining through the clouds. I notice that there are zero office or maintenance staff here this morning and I wonder if they have been ordered by upper management to stay away until a plan can be put together to find the cheapest way to deal with all the flooded basements here. After such storms the water suction companies are here usually here for several days removing water from many suite basements. So grateful to know we plan to move next spring, but we are going to have to purchase one more bucket of sealant to get us through the autumn rains and those next spring before we go.
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