Tell me about it ... I've been pumping out my basement since 7am this morning and am not going to sleep to night because I have to keep pumping every 45 minutes or so to keep the water from covering the entire basement floor.
I'm in fear of my septic system and leach field backing up into the house. No showers, no flushing (unless it brown), and use paper plates.
I've been running the wood stove since this morning also in the basement to help dry out things.
After this ... I don't want to see rain again till after Labor day ... I don't care if my bushes and grass die ... I'm about ready for Arizona now.
When will this miserable rain end!!!!!!
Our basement where we live in south central NH has never been wet in the 27 years we've owned our house. It was dry at 3:00 PM today. I went down there at about 7:00 and there was water covering half the floor, close to an inch deep in some spots. Too shallow for a sump pump (which we of course don't have since we've never needed one). Within a few minutes we killed our little wet vac. Ended up borrowing a sump pump, putting it in a trash barrel and then scooping water from the floor with plastic containers. Quit just after midnight with most of the water down to a skimming on the floor. Start again in the AM hopefully for the final cleanup as opposed to more major bailing.
However, we have to count ourselves lucky compared to many around here.