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April 06, 2006
Receding water
Thankfully, the water in the basement appears to slowly be dissipating. There was much, much less yesterday than there was the night before. The worst of the leaks--which Dana christened the "faucet in the foundation"--has slowed to a fast seep, and no longer has enough velocity that it's projecting away from the wall. The sump pump's hole still has some water in it, but not nearly the amount it'd had the day before.
Dana & I pumped out more of the large puddle underneath the deck, and it shouldn't increase in size (at least, not that much) over the next day or so because there isn't much snow left to feed it. It's significantly smaller now than it was to begin with.
Finally, we were successful on the east side of the house in our attempt (via eavestroughing) to move water away from the house. We've got a huge pond about 8 feet from the house, but it's not against the foundation. This is likely the source of the water in the sump pump's hole, but the pump should be more than able to deal with it because, as the soil's dense clay, it's not going to be able to seep underneath the house at any great speed.
Posted by plainstext at April 6, 2006 08:40 AM
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