Damn. Basement flooded.
We knew we had a lot of rain.
We expected the sump pump to be working overtime, but we never expected the basement to flood.
This really, really sucks. Friday night I went downstairs to check the sump pump and I found water throughout the basement. It was an inch or so deep and the sump pump was cycling 6 times a minute to keep up. Barb and I moved most of the kids stuff on the floor upstairs. I didn't get to bed until 2AM Saturday.
I picked up the Playstation and water poured out of it. I also forgot it was plugged in and got an interesting tingling in my left arm when I picked it up!
Saturday morning the sump pump was running full time and just keeping up with the water flowing into the sump. I bought a 1.25 hp pump and pumped standing water out into the back yard. With ten foot of head pressure, its rated at 300 gallons per hour. It ran full time from ~10AM through 3PM, then I ran it off and on until we went to bed Saturday.
We knew we had a lot of rain.
We expected the sump pump to be working overtime, but we never expected the basement to flood.
This really, really sucks. Friday night I went downstairs to check the sump pump and I found water throughout the basement. It was an inch or so deep and the sump pump was cycling 6 times a minute to keep up. Barb and I moved most of the kids stuff on the floor upstairs. I didn't get to bed until 2AM Saturday.
I picked up the Playstation and water poured out of it. I also forgot it was plugged in and got an interesting tingling in my left arm when I picked it up!
Saturday morning the sump pump was running full time and just keeping up with the water flowing into the sump. I bought a 1.25 hp pump and pumped standing water out into the back yard. With ten foot of head pressure, its rated at 300 gallons per hour. It ran full time from ~10AM through 3PM, then I ran it off and on until we went to bed Saturday.
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