It has been raining here for days.... weeks. We get small respites from the rain (e.g. this past Sunday was gorgeous until the storms rolled through around dinner time), but it's not a lot. It's really not enough to let things truly dry before it rains again. Luckily, our lawn cutter has managed to get in 2 cuts within the last month so our grass isn't 4 feet tall.
The last 5 days have been particularly bad both in how often it has rained and the amount that has fallen out of the sky. Today, apparently, was the icing on the rain cake because my cousin George called me when he got to our house.
"Your basement has a huge puddle. Came in through the door. The french drain isn't draining fast enough."
Awesome. Just freakin' awesome. Silver lining #1: At least our basement was demolished and empty so that we could actually see the results instead of having the rug and its padding soak it all. Silver lining #2: Seeing it now will save us from redoing stuff - and a dank/damp/musty smell later.
We thought that water coming in through that door was a distinct possibility, but things had been dry for awhile. Plus, the last time it rained THIS hard, we didn't see any water come in. Steve checked the drain itself, and it wasn't even close to overflowing. This time, however, not so lucky.
To boot, the one wall facing the back of the house is a little wet. Thankfully, this is something the DryLock paint will take care of, though, we have an issue of the 200 amp electrical service panel being in the way of fully painting that wall. I think that's less of an issue overall, but having the basement bare has shown us a lot.
So what do we do about preventing said flood in our basement? We don't know. George is going to have to research it. But we definitely have to do something about it. We have no choice.
Guess we're not going to have a finished basement for a looooong time with all these other issues taking priority.
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