So we have found our house's Nemesis....Water. Water has been coming from everywhere in this house since the beginning. From the ceilings, pipes, under the sinks, and the latest development in the basement. Amazing. We had epic amounts of rain last weekend and the end result was four inches in the basement. I knew my wellies would come in handy. I sloshed through the water with a flashlight (I was too afraid to be electrocuted to turn on the actual lights) and measured the water myself.When Joe came home that night we tried to shovel it out and use the wet dry vac, but it was no use. I was sent on a mission to Home Depot to get a sump pump (which until this week I thought it was called a sunk pump).
I went to Home Depot and got a $93 "sump pump" and then promptly tried to find someone in plumbing to get me the hose to go with it. Well apparently I was not the first person to get a sump pump from this store and they were out of the correct hoses, but the man (who had one blue eye and one brown) promised me that I could hook up a PVC pipe to it and it would work just fine. He got me a connector and a 10 foot piece of PVC pipe. There was an older gentleman in the aisle that started to quiz me on my purchase, asked if I had glue and some other things that I didn't quite catch. I pretended that I totally knew what I was doing and thanked him for his help.
I left Home Depot feeling a little nervous about getting my 10 foot PVC pipe into my car. I had every right to be nervous because it didn't fit. I felt like an idiot standing outside of Home Depot with a pipe twice the size of me whining to Joe on the phone about how the pipe was to big for the car. Joe assured me that this happens all the time and to just go in and have the guy cut it in half. Well I was kinda ticked that my blue/brown eyed guy did not warn me about the size of my pipe. I marched back in with it and found the blue/brown eyed man helping the older gentleman who was pestering me with questions about my pipe earlier. I smiled and said "I'm back", then the older gentleman said "I thought you would be." I have to admit, it burned a little.
Joe let me try to hook up the sump pump, and I did a great job until I failed to realize the pipe that I had hooked it up to overflowed the kitchen sink with cellar water. Ooops. He then rolled up his pants and waded through to hook it up so it went outside. We tried our best but only made a small dent in the basement pool. We were lucky enough that Joe's uncle Eric came by the next day and finished it up.
So I have now declared water anywhere near my house to be an enemy.
I went to Home Depot and got a $93 "sump pump" and then promptly tried to find someone in plumbing to get me the hose to go with it. Well apparently I was not the first person to get a sump pump from this store and they were out of the correct hoses, but the man (who had one blue eye and one brown) promised me that I could hook up a PVC pipe to it and it would work just fine. He got me a connector and a 10 foot piece of PVC pipe. There was an older gentleman in the aisle that started to quiz me on my purchase, asked if I had glue and some other things that I didn't quite catch. I pretended that I totally knew what I was doing and thanked him for his help.
I left Home Depot feeling a little nervous about getting my 10 foot PVC pipe into my car. I had every right to be nervous because it didn't fit. I felt like an idiot standing outside of Home Depot with a pipe twice the size of me whining to Joe on the phone about how the pipe was to big for the car. Joe assured me that this happens all the time and to just go in and have the guy cut it in half. Well I was kinda ticked that my blue/brown eyed guy did not warn me about the size of my pipe. I marched back in with it and found the blue/brown eyed man helping the older gentleman who was pestering me with questions about my pipe earlier. I smiled and said "I'm back", then the older gentleman said "I thought you would be." I have to admit, it burned a little.
Joe let me try to hook up the sump pump, and I did a great job until I failed to realize the pipe that I had hooked it up to overflowed the kitchen sink with cellar water. Ooops. He then rolled up his pants and waded through to hook it up so it went outside. We tried our best but only made a small dent in the basement pool. We were lucky enough that Joe's uncle Eric came by the next day and finished it up.
So I have now declared water anywhere near my house to be an enemy.
i already hated rain, now i think it's one of my worst enemies! i hope weekend went well, and everything is out of an apartment and into a HOME!!!! Gosh i am so proud of and happy for you two!
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