Houselopnik

"Takuro Spirit" (takurospirit) 06/25/2018 at 17:15 • Filed to: Houselopnik, Home Improvement

1

8

Finally started ripping into the basement of the new house. After purchase I found some funky wiring and dead(?) shop lights in half of the finished basement. Then went on vacation. Then came home and there was water on the basement floor. Hmmm.

So seeing that I had to pull down the ceiling anyways to re-do the wiring, I also will be pulling down the lovely wood paneled wall where the water seems to have come from.

Funny thing is, we’ve never had water there before. Or since. And it didn’t even rain much while we were gone. Can’t wait to see what I find back there....

So first I began removing ceiling tiles.

Ah, there’s the lights I want to re-purpose in the garage

Whoever wired and insulated this basement needs to have their toenails ripped out with a pliers

I’m guessing the answer as to why the lights do not work is in here...

Or here...

But then... I smelled it. And saw it. And smelled it some more. Then it started to rain...

MOUSE TURDS.

AND MICE >:(

I got as far as I wanted to go but now have a ton more clean-up to do, especially if they got into the insulation. Ugh. At least I’m that much closer to finding the phantom water leak....

You can see some water damage to the bottom of the panelling where the toe board was hiding it behind all the scrap wood the house came with

SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza > Takuro Spirit 06/25/2018 at 17:24

0

You didn’t move to Wausau did you? I swear I looked at a house with an identical basement.

Takuro Spirit > SaigaShooter - He's got an Impreza 06/25/2018 at 17:26

2

No, but every house in Wisconsin has a basement like this.

M.T. Blake > Takuro Spirit 06/25/2018 at 17:36

0

French drain time! Or see what is behind the wood, might be able to use a water blocking paint if on stone. 

Urambo Tauro > Takuro Spirit 06/25/2018 at 17:40

4

B asements are better left unfinished.

Nom De Plume > Takuro Spirit 06/25/2018 at 18:22

0

But only the best houses have chilled beer piped throughout the house.  I have to wonder if a thermostat in the system broke and this is condensation.  

OPPOsaurus WRX > Takuro Spirit 06/25/2018 at 18:51

2

My groundwater welcomes u to home ownership

Takuro Spirit > M.T. Blake 06/26/2018 at 10:02

1

Its poured concrete, oddly enough. House was built in ‘70 so it wasn’t common back then to use anything other than block.

Takuro Spirit > Nom De Plume 06/26/2018 at 10:03

0

The basement is pretty cold, and we turned off the heat/A/C while gone.