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Ok, it's official. I hate water.
Asl some people know right now, there is a massive rainstorm going through my state (Maine) and with that, you combine a massive snowpack (5 feet) and you get hideous flooding. Of course it hit us and hit us good.
So I was upstairs in at the computer, and my mom calls from the basement saying "Is the steam cleaner up there?" I went ahead and got it, I came downstairs little knowing that my basement was a freaking lake. Of course, being the panicky guy I am, I sort of lost my cool. Apparently what had happened was that the basement drainage system couldn't keep up with the water, and with the combonation of the extememly saturated ground around the house, the water started seeping through many areas of the basement. But it was the worst around the drainage area, of course. But anyway, after I fretted for 5 minutes, I grabbed a dustpan, and started scooping up water into a 5 gallon bucket while my dad went to get a utility pump. He did return with it, but the problem was that it couldnt keep up with the water. and it would constantly mess up. At 9:30, 3 hours later, I thought it was under control. so I went upstairs again. 1 hour later it was back to the way it was in the beginning, if not worse. So I said "Eff this, I'm calling a plummer" It took him about 45 minutes to get to the house, but he did arrive. He installed a better drainage pump. Even though that pump was installed we still had to get the remaining water out. Me and my brother were up until 2:30 cleaining, we finally called it a night after that.
It's holding up right now, but the thing that made it worse was that it was $450 form the guy to come after hours and install the pump.
Asl some people know right now, there is a massive rainstorm going through my state (Maine) and with that, you combine a massive snowpack (5 feet) and you get hideous flooding. Of course it hit us and hit us good.
So I was upstairs in at the computer, and my mom calls from the basement saying "Is the steam cleaner up there?" I went ahead and got it, I came downstairs little knowing that my basement was a freaking lake. Of course, being the panicky guy I am, I sort of lost my cool. Apparently what had happened was that the basement drainage system couldn't keep up with the water, and with the combonation of the extememly saturated ground around the house, the water started seeping through many areas of the basement. But it was the worst around the drainage area, of course. But anyway, after I fretted for 5 minutes, I grabbed a dustpan, and started scooping up water into a 5 gallon bucket while my dad went to get a utility pump. He did return with it, but the problem was that it couldnt keep up with the water. and it would constantly mess up. At 9:30, 3 hours later, I thought it was under control. so I went upstairs again. 1 hour later it was back to the way it was in the beginning, if not worse. So I said "Eff this, I'm calling a plummer" It took him about 45 minutes to get to the house, but he did arrive. He installed a better drainage pump. Even though that pump was installed we still had to get the remaining water out. Me and my brother were up until 2:30 cleaining, we finally called it a night after that.
It's holding up right now, but the thing that made it worse was that it was $450 form the guy to come after hours and install the pump.
Floating poo.....
We had to pull out the carpeting and it's sitting outside right now.
Things are just breaking here.
