Jeff Horton
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I am spending the morning in the bowels of my house! I have a partial basement and they dug out a larger area, about 3' wider than the basement in some places So once you get in the crawl space you can drop down in this pit where you can walk around the behind part of the basements walls in the crawl space. Well the ....... just say my stubborn builder didn't listen to me and install proper drainage. So sometimes I get ground water in there and it has no way out. A sump pump cured it but it shouldn't have been needed.
Last night I found water in my basement. Turns out the sump pump went out! So have spent the morning in the hole (Stu, you think you have a dungeon!!) pulling out the old pump. Of course the black and orange spotted salamander was keeping me company so that was better than being alone. And no way will my wife even stick her head in the access space. She is convinced it will close in on her.
So, once I finish this cup of coffee I get to go back in the mud pit and install the new pump. And of course Lowe's was out of the one I had so that means I have to do more work to make this one fit. Oh well, it could be a lot worse.
Jeff
Who isn't really complaining, just whinning. Cause at least I don't have to pay someone to come fix it.
Last night I found water in my basement. Turns out the sump pump went out! So have spent the morning in the hole (Stu, you think you have a dungeon!!) pulling out the old pump. Of course the black and orange spotted salamander was keeping me company so that was better than being alone. And no way will my wife even stick her head in the access space. She is convinced it will close in on her.
So, once I finish this cup of coffee I get to go back in the mud pit and install the new pump. And of course Lowe's was out of the one I had so that means I have to do more work to make this one fit. Oh well, it could be a lot worse.
Jeff
Who isn't really complaining, just whinning. Cause at least I don't have to pay someone to come fix it.