Remember my post last week about this...
Well, that ended up in my basement yesterday when the sump pump blew a fuse and quit working. The ground from last week's rains was still so saturated that when the pump ceased to function the water just drained back in. The entire 1,000 sq feet was two to three inches deep with water. Very cold, ankle numbing water, I might add.
So today instead of doing something fun on the homestead, I get to dry out carpet and organize basement stuff that got brought upstairs. Upside: We hardly lost any material "stuff". Most everything was either up on racks or stored in plastic boxes or dryable. My biggest loss: RIP to my 1985 Sophomore yearbook. Tragic, I know.
We are hoping with quick action (read sucking up water and drying things out with dehumidifiers) that we may avoid having to replace carpet and padding. We shall see. If we lose the carpet then my husband gets his basement woodworking shop he has wanted.
Currently we have the basement (one big room, one smaller room and two store rooms) set up as craft/sewing and exercise in the big room and a playroom in the smaller. But the play room is really just toy storage. The kids rarely stay and play. If my husband does his woodshop thing then I'll claim the second room for my "shop". Pinterest has lots of cute ideas for painting concrete floors and creating clever craft spaces. We shall see.
So I'm off to tackle water! Have a blessed day!!
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