Is she getting it out?my sister had 10 inchs of water in her basement ...she is on the west side of Bloomington
As much as I would like to have a nice finished basement for extra living space and storage, it's stories like this that make me thankful I live on a slab!yep they pumped it out now they are ripping out carpet and drywall......2nd time in 3 years
Or you spend the money you would normally spend on 2 new sets of furniture, drywall, etc and instead waterproof the damn basement so you dont have to keep spending it.As much as I would like to have a nice finished basement for extra living space and storage, it's stories like this that make me thankful I live on a slab!
Yep, as I age, that gets truer and truer.i hate stairs to....yes i have a slab too
Similar to what I have done. I dug up the ground down to the footers. Put in a french drain system. Put three levels of waterproofing on the outside. Then for kicks I painted Drylok on the inside.Or you spend the money you would normally spend on 2 new sets of furniture, drywall, etc and instead waterproof the damn basement so you dont have to keep spending it.
Oh, and work with what you have. Paint the blocks, dont drywall it, etc so that if it fails again, you have less to replace. Wife's grandparents got nailed twice until they waterproofed the basement. Epoxied the floor, sealed the walls using special vinyl paint, installed perimeter channels that lead to the sump pit, and put in double sumps with a tertiary water driven pump. It stayed dry as a bone until they passed away and sold the house.
Wow, that's terrible.Bloomington man found dead after driving into floodwaters
Police said Colten Booe drove into floodwaters Friday night, but his body was not found until Sunday morning, well south of where his car was first swept away.www.wthr.com
DittoThe picture and stories make me glad I live on top of a ridge.
Yeah, I just came across that article this evening. I hadn't heard about it before when they were initially talking about the flooding.Wow, that's terrible.
I hope lessons can be learned to not drive into flood waters.
I agree. They are virtually gone at my house.Interesting thing I noticed over the past few days: I think that storm annihilated Bloomington's cicada population. I know they were nearing the end of their cycle somewhere around this time of year, but the town went silent after the storm. I think the sheer quantity of water washed them out of their trees and drowned them.