Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Wet basement

I would never forget the day we came down to our basement to find everything floating around an inch of water. The sump pump had died overnight and because of the non-stop rain, water overflowed in our basement. What a mess it was! I was so upset because a lot of our pictures and some important documents got wet.

It took a lot of work to bring our basement back to how it was before the flooding. We were worried about mold issues as well. Thankfully, I know of a company that specializes in equipment leasing. I went to their office and asked for help. I came home with two industrial sized fans and a dehumidifier. It took 3 days to completely dry off the basement, probably longer if not for the prefessional grade equipments!

1 Comments:

At 10:28 AM , Anonymous Aaron Wilson said...

Consider getting a battery backup system so that should your main sump pump malfunction, the battery backup system will kick in. It is also a good idea to install an alarm on your sump pump so that it will sound when your sump pump is not working. Just two more precautions to take to avoid a wet basement.

 

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