Comments on: Wet! http://alexwetmore.org/archives/510 Thu, 09 Oct 2014 15:41:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Tarik http://alexwetmore.org/archives/510/comment-page-1#comment-4140 Tarik Wed, 05 Dec 2007 02:35:43 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2007/12/03/wet.aspx#comment-4140 Huh, The exact same thing happened to me on saturday. The drainage field from our psuedo french drain seems to have been comprimised by gophers or some such and 1" of rain we got last weekend (which melted 4" of snow) ended with a flood in my bike dungeon via the retaining wall leaking water out the bottom. I spent saturday afternoon reguttering part of our house. I need to do some more later... and figure out where the compromise is. Good luck! Huh,

The exact same thing happened to me on saturday. The drainage field from our psuedo french drain seems to have been comprimised by gophers or some such and 1″ of rain we got last weekend (which melted 4″ of snow) ended with a flood in my bike dungeon via the retaining wall leaking water out the bottom. I spent saturday afternoon reguttering part of our house. I need to do some more later… and figure out where the compromise is. Good luck!

]]> By: Chad http://alexwetmore.org/archives/510/comment-page-1#comment-4139 Chad Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:59:47 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2007/12/03/wet.aspx#comment-4139 Bummer. That reminds me of my house in central IL. Because of the _very_ shallow water table, our basement floor had a hole cut out for a sump pump. A previous owner had illegally connected it to the house''s sewer pipes. Rather than paying lots of money to appropriately connect it to the storm drain , I just ran a pipe to the driveway and dumped the water there. We sold the house, but I still feel a little guilty about it. Bummer. That reminds me of my house in central IL. Because of the _very_ shallow water table, our basement floor had a hole cut out for a sump pump. A previous owner had illegally connected it to the house’’s sewer pipes. Rather than paying lots of money to appropriately connect it to the storm drain , I just ran a pipe to the driveway and dumped the water there. We sold the house, but I still feel a little guilty about it.

]]> By: Jimmy http://alexwetmore.org/archives/510/comment-page-1#comment-4138 Jimmy Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:26:39 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2007/12/03/wet.aspx#comment-4138 Ha! Excellent! Hope you''re dry now, our basement had a very small leak that finally stopped around 11pm last night. I built a hotglue/foamcore/garbage bag dam to hold through the night, but it ended up not getting tested. The long-term solution is up to the landlord. Ha! Excellent!

Hope you”re dry now, our basement had a very small leak that finally stopped around 11pm last night. I built a hotglue/foamcore/garbage bag dam to hold through the night, but it ended up not getting tested. The long-term solution is up to the landlord.

]]> By: AlexWetmore http://alexwetmore.org/archives/510/comment-page-1#comment-4137 AlexWetmore Tue, 04 Dec 2007 04:21:00 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2007/12/03/wet.aspx#comment-4137 Based on the thin wall of the plastic I''m guessing that it started out English and was re-tapped out to French. It''s very thin. Based on the thin wall of the plastic I”m guessing that it started out English and was re-tapped out to French. It’’s very thin.

]]> By: Jimmy http://alexwetmore.org/archives/510/comment-page-1#comment-4136 Jimmy Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:21:50 +0000 /blogs/alex_wetmore/archive/2007/12/03/wet.aspx#comment-4136 I take it your drain was built with the incorrect English or Italian threaded tubing? I take it your drain was built with the incorrect English or Italian threaded tubing?

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