The "Whatever" Thread

Sorry to hear that Peter... I know the task seems daunting to handle now, but everyday that goes by is one day closer to everything being resolved....One step at a time my friend.
 
Floods suck.

I hope it isn't too bad, Peter. If I was closer, I'd offer to help. Let us know if there is anything we can do.
 
thanks guys, i'm over the shock mostly by now, just wnated to put the kids to bed and settle in you know? anyway, we'll get ot dried outtomorrow, figure oput a plan to find the problem and move on. Like you said Johnn, inch by inch and then it'll be somthing past
 
Sorry to hear that kyenglish, i know that's got to feel overwhelming. Thoughts and prayers for your family.

Good info to have right here, should be helpful.
YoungCurmudgeon said:
Thoughts and prayers are with you. Beyond that I can offer a few suggestions based on years conducting post remediation verification testing (independent 3rd party testing authority verifying the cleanup after water event was properly done).
1) Don't panic. It WILL be ok.
2) Add heat to the space and run the AC. You AC is a giant whole house dehumidifier, take advantage of that. Use enough space heaters to warm the area (80ish) and set the AC low enough to run continuously.
3) Fans are good, get as much air moving as possible.
4) Pull the carpet. Suspend on saw horses, buckets, etc and get air flowing under it. Discard the pad.
5) Depending on how deep the water was: if it was a couple of inches remove the baseboards and cut the bottom inch or two of the drywall off. This will allow the wall cavities to dry and you can replace the baseboards (reuse the ones you took off) without doining any drywall work, because the baseboards will cover the removed drywall. If, however, the water was deeper (a foot or more) cut off the bottom 2 feet of drywall and pull the insulation to facilitate drying of the cavities.
Please let me know if I can answer any questions.
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YoungCurmudgeon said:
Thoughts and prayers are with you. Beyond that I can offer a few suggestions based on years conducting post remediation verification testing (independent 3rd party testing authority verifying the cleanup after water event was properly done).
1) Don't panic. It WILL be ok.
2) Add heat to the space and run the AC. You AC is a giant whole house dehumidifier, take advantage of that. Use enough space heaters to warm the area (80ish) and set the AC low enough to run continuously.
3) Fans are good, get as much air moving as possible.
4) Pull the carpet. Suspend on saw horses, buckets, etc and get air flowing under it. Discard the pad.
5) Depending on how deep the water was: if it was a couple of inches remove the baseboards and cut the bottom inch or two of the drywall off. This will allow the wall cavities to dry and you can replace the baseboards (reuse the ones you took off) without doining any drywall work, because the baseboards will cover the removed drywall. If, however, the water was deeper (a foot or more) cut off the bottom 2 feet of drywall and pull the insulation to facilitate drying of the cavities.
Please let me know if I can answer any questions.
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thanks!it's not deep, just everywhere. have some guys coming tomorrow to pull the carpet and start drying out the area. i have some drywall from last time but I'm hoping it won't be needed, might use your baseboard trick!

we're going to re-arrange the house, two bedrooms upstairs, one kid's going to have to sleep with us, find the problem, fix it, then probably sell and move. we want all the bedrooms on the same floor, don't know we could ever trust the basement for that again.

hopefully by tomorrow it'll be dry, my family can sleep in there own house again, and we'll have some idea where it's getting in at. I found a drain in one room that has standing water, going to pump it out and see if it's just an old hidden systern or a backed up drainage system. it's that or start pulling paneling to find the crack I guess. any other ideas on how it might get in would be appreciate or signs to look for to find the source.

things I know
1. only happens when it's rained a lot (flooding level) and then not every time.
2. I've never seen it start, it seems to move fast, then just stop. But can start up again if rain keeps going HARD.
3. the back two rooms int he basement were added on tot he house and are not underground, they seem to be the low point int he house, water drains that way.
4. there is an old cistern, they have a "for looks" hand pump n top of the slab that hides it. it's not hooked up. it's also on the opposite side of the house to where that drain I mentioned is (connected by pipe? no idea)
5. previous owner said it had never flooded before, starting not to believe that, but I had good reason to believe him before, stand up guy, no claims before for flood in house history as far as record could show etc etc

thanks again all
 
so i was just goign through the rest of my mail, got the new HK's, (thanks John) and some a very nic egoodie form Brad (thanks brad!) I'll get pictures up..you know, when i unsink my house. ;)
 
Peter, a couple years ago, my basement flooded. I live in a valley near a small creek and the creek swelled up high enough to make it's way up the drain pipe and a couple feet into the basement. I think checking the drain may be a good idea. Also if there is a really heavy rain and the ground is already saturated, it may be seeping in through the walls. But it may be difficult to tell if all the walls are covered by drywall. If it isn't coming up the drain, it may be worth pulling the base boards just for the sake of investigation. I hope you get it figured out quickly.
 
Had a nice day at Kankakee State Park with the family. The girls brought ham, turkey, fancy rolls, pasta salad, and potato salad. Connie brought baked beans, and Hayley baked an Easter cake. Hayley and Hanna leave for a week long cruise tomorrow with their Dad, he won the trip from work. That's why we celebrated today, so we could all be together. Tomorrow it will be just Connie and me.
 
Well my workers finally left, waters out, of course the walls and stuff... have 2 dehumidifiers and a fan going, but we have no flooring down there and half our stuff in in the abckyard. Appraiser meant to contact us in a few days, fingers crossed.

thanks for all the advise and well wishes, made it a lot easier to manage.
 
JK Knives said:
Had a nice day at Kankakee State Park with the family. The girls brought ham, turkey, fancy rolls, pasta salad, and potato salad. Connie brought baked beans, and Hayley baked an Easter cake. Hayley and Hanna leave for a week long cruise tomorrow with their Dad, he won the trip from work. That's why we celebrated today, so we could all be together. Tomorrow it will be just Connie and me.
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Seems like a wonderful Easter celebration John! ... And a delicious one too lol!
 
KYenglish said:
Well my workers finally left, waters out, of course the walls and stuff... have 2 dehumidifiers and a fan going, but we have no flooring down there and half our stuff in in the abckyard. Appraiser meant to contact us in a few days, fingers crossed.

thanks for all the advise and well wishes, made it a lot easier to manage.
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Peter,

Now I am no theologian but the whole big picture of Easter can put things into perspective a little... From the brief things I have read in your posts on the forum, it seems you have a very wonderful family! When you thing about it along those lines, even if your house was floating down a stream you would still be a very blessed man.

Celebrate the good things tomorrow and enjoy your day... Soon enough it will all be passed and we will all be posting about some cool new knife John thought up lol!
 
Happy Easter folks! Just wanted to stop by and say hello.

Pete, keep plugging along and soon enough it will be just a ripple in your past. Think of it as fuel for the next hike or burn the thoughts away with your next fire.
Keep us posted.
 
I am no expert but I do put in the miles and hours to occasionally find a few mushrooms. Several guys at work have been asking me questions about my hobby and where I find mushrooms. It's a difficult question to answer. To be fair to everyone I decided to post this pic. I marked my favorite spot. Once you get to this marker fan out in a zig-zag pattern uphill till you get to a bench. I usually start finding them within 10-15 feet of the marker and move up the "holler" repeating the same pattern. Happy hunting!
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It has been warm enough through the day here, we should start finding them pretty soon.

I can't wait!
 
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