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Not that I have anything to whine about with Ike pounding those guys in TX:
Got up this AM after 12 + hours rain (here near Lake Michigan) to find standing water in the basement (about 5-10 gal). Seeps UP through the concrete.
Not a big deal though. Knowing that my Townhouse was built in a Swamp, there is nothing absorptive closer than 1" from the floor. (I like those metal cube shelves...) and nothing I I couldn't stand to lose/water ruinable is less than 6" from the floor.
The guns are in the watertight "safe" at 7"...
So, my Sump Pump is currently dumping 12gal every 115 seconds and the backup is waiting paitently.
I love it when a plan comes together.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
Old Ironsights wrote:Prior Planning Prevents pee Poor Performance
I had that and "Lack of planning on your part DOES NOT constitute an emergency on our part" signs hanging in the receiving area of our commo shop. At least until my CWO noticed them and made me take them down.
He didn't quite see it with the same sense of humor I did...
If these walls could talk, I'd listen to the floor.
You know, with all the fancy coatings and such today, I'm suprised no one has come up with one to seal an entire basement to make it "watertight". I suppose some might worry it could "float", like I've seen empty pools do, but pools don't have the weight of the above grond structure to hold it in place. I wonder if one could fiberglass an entire basement with one of those chopper guns they use in making some fiberglass products.
Jeepnik AKA "Old Eyes"
"Go low, go slow and preferably in the dark" The old Sarge (he was maybe 24.
"Freedom is never more that a generation from extinction" Ronald Reagan
"Every man should have at least one good rifle and know how to use it" Dad
jeepnik wrote:You know, with all the fancy coatings and such today, I'm suprised no one has come up with one to seal an entire basement to make it "watertight". I suppose some might worry it could "float", like I've seen empty pools do, but pools don't have the weight of the above grond structure to hold it in place. I wonder if one could fiberglass an entire basement with one of those chopper guns they use in making some fiberglass products.
There are.
But my place was built in the 80s, in a swamp, just outside of the City Limits (no Building Inspector) by a well known cheap sonofademocrat.
'Course, I knew that going into the buy, so I planned accordingly.
Next step is to put joist hangers in after raising the sagging toe-nailed floor...
But hey... it only cost $69K...
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
kirkwood wrote:Personally, I would think twice about keeping my guns in a basement with that much moisture in the air. Hope you have a safe drier.
Heh. This is Indiana. Tha average ambient humidity is only slightly less than that of the Florida Swamps...
I have a safe drier (goldenrod) and a dehumidifier... on each floor.
C2N14... because life is not energetic enough. מנא, מנא, תקל, ופרסין Daniel 5:25-28... Got 7.62?
Not Depressed enough yet? Go read National Geographic, July 1976 Gott und Gewehr mit uns!
Little off topic, AWP; I had a sign in my office that said " Dirty deeds done dirt cheap "
My boss said it was inappropriate for an FAA representitive.
I wonder why?
