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主頁 / Our House / Basement work 14
Our basement water adventure In April 2008, two floods - one moderate and one severe - convinced us that we needed to get something done to fix our basement so that this wouldn't happen again. We didn't take any "during the flood" pictures (we were too focused on rescuing our stuff and trying to get the water out), but here are some pictures of the work to fix the issue.
The built in entertainment center. It's not pretty but it's better than nothing
Bathroom, post-drywall.
Family room, after drywall was put up.
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Still day 1
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Still day 1
There's a bit of a tear in the drywall near the floor...hopefully a baseboard will cover that up.
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This is the pipe they were using to pump out the water in the trench. Note the splashes on the walls.
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This is where our outgoing sewer pipes are. (Still day 1.)
Another view of the moat
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Water-filled trench at the wall. We're calling it our moat.
New laundry sink
They basically glued the sink to the wall and left the old faucet, so when you turn it off or on (when the water's not on full-blast), some trickles through the holes.
Sink
This was our only real complaint about the work - the way they did the sink. Problem 1: it's not level, and water pools in the bottom and stays there. Problem 2 is more obvious in the next photo.
The moat
As you can see, the moat goes the entire length of the wall.
Day 1 (corner)
On day 1, they jackhammered a trench around the outer wall in the unfinished part. When we looked after they were done, we found that it was filled with water. This made it obvious that we really needed to have this work done.