Saturday was long...

"Patrick Nichols" (pnichols) 11/04/2018 at 00:09 • Filed to: None

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But at least I get an extra hour of sleep tonight. Went to start the laundry this morning and found the basement partially flooded. Needless to say, my plans of getting my homework done and doing some work down in the wood shop were put on hold.

To clarify it was less than half an inch of water only in part of the basement, but I quickly changed out the filter on the shopvac and got to sucking the water up. this happens from time to time when the ground is significantly saturated and the water comes up around a poorly sealed sewer drain pipe and surrounding area . Once it was contained to a small area, I went to Home Depot and got some qu ikrete water stop. Spent the next couple hours vacuuming and sealing up the areas that could potentially be an issue.

Think I got it all, but only time will tell as the rain had stopped before I finished. Will probably reinforce with another coat in the next couple days and pray it holds in the spring.

On the bright side, my former college hockey team I’ve been coaching got a big win this afternoon. What projects does everyone else have going on this weekend? Any tips for sealing basements?

lone_liberal > Patrick Nichols 11/04/2018 at 00:30

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You probably already did it as I like this stuff.

Then I like to put a coat of sealant, or even Flex Seal over it

Patrick Nichols > lone_liberal 11/04/2018 at 00:38

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Yep and made sure I used a big thick coat of it since I had to squeeze my 6'3" self between the basement wall and a stud wall < 2' away (that the washer and dryer electrical and plumbing are attached to) with a bunch of plumbing in between. My back and knees are  hoping not to go back there more than once more.

lone_liberal > Patrick Nichols 11/04/2018 at 00:44

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Sounds like you did what I would have, not that that’s necessarily a good thing. Being of similar stature I can empathize with not wanting to do it more than once. Sometimes being big really sucks.