Did somebody bring an ark?
For those elsewhere, Seattle has had a lot of rain in a short amount of time recently.
Monday afternoon, T reported water coming into the basement from an unknown source[1]. I came home and spelled T for a while on the shopvac[2]. After a few abortive forays with the drywall jab saw, I found the source. They had put a bathroom into the basement [3], and it was coming out of a hole in the floor ( ? french drain ? ) that had been walled the fuck up behind drywall.
Sucking the water out of there was much much more effective. Our neighbors reported similar problems. I'm going to cut a slightly neater (and larger) hole in the wall and add a little access door.
God, the previous owners were lazy assholes.
[1] Other than the obvious one of *outside* that is. We weren't sure if it was busted pipe or what.
[2] I'm really really glad I had that on hand.
[3] Doing the previous owners normal craptastic job.
Monday afternoon, T reported water coming into the basement from an unknown source[1]. I came home and spelled T for a while on the shopvac[2]. After a few abortive forays with the drywall jab saw, I found the source. They had put a bathroom into the basement [3], and it was coming out of a hole in the floor ( ? french drain ? ) that had been walled the fuck up behind drywall.
Sucking the water out of there was much much more effective. Our neighbors reported similar problems. I'm going to cut a slightly neater (and larger) hole in the wall and add a little access door.
God, the previous owners were lazy assholes.
[1] Other than the obvious one of *outside* that is. We weren't sure if it was busted pipe or what.
[2] I'm really really glad I had that on hand.
[3] Doing the previous owners normal craptastic job.