08.23
Flooded Basement
We got a nice surprise tonight. The water problem we had in our basement 2 years ago came back with a vengeance. We had a real bad rainstorm here and when I went downstairs to get something I saw water pouring in through the walls. At it’s worst their was about 2.5 inches of water on the floor. I don’t know what will happen now. Our builder supplied us with a home warranty but this is a pre-existing problem that first flooded 2 days after we moved in. Maybe I was starting to get a little too comfortable with things and God decided to shake me up a little bit. I don’t know; but I do know that it could have been a lot worse. We are in the middle of getting ready for a garage sale but luckily most of the stuff was on tables up off the floor. Here’s a few pics:
Here you can see the water just gushing in through the wall by the garage door. This is where most of the water came in I think. It was actually coming in faster than this but I was in shock for the first 10 minutes and didn’t think to take a picture of it.
It eventually crept up past where I was standing when I took this picture.
You can see that there were only a couple of dry spots left in the whole basement. This is the highest point of the floor I think.
This is my favorite. Water is just shooting out of the wall. I felt like that little squirrel from Ice Age 2. I wanted to stick my finger in their so bad.
My dad and brother-in-law came over and helped us get it all cleaned up. Thank God for family. I guess Wednesday will be the day for calling and getting some answers about who is going to fix it and how much it’s going to cost me, or the warranty people, or the builder. I guess we’ll see. Like I said though, it could have been a lot worse.
