Flooded Basement – Nice!
Now I have a flooded basement! After working at getting rid of mold for the past few months, I thought I had everything under control. Wrong. Now the snow is thawing too fast and My basement is wet and flooding.
A flooded bassement means a wet basement and a perfect place for more mold to grow. We finally had this all under control and now we have to deal with this wet basement again.
I am happy that we finally had a warm spell but not real happy with the basement problems. The sump pump has been worging over time trying to keep the water out.
When dealing with a 200 year old house the foundation is in real bad shape. The foundation is made of large stones with several gaps in them. Basement waterproofing would be almost impossible. Basement waterproofing would involve digging around the whole structure of the house and resealing all the cracks. Basement waterproofing here would involve replacing the whole foundation with new. Not something we would consider or could afford to do.
We replaced the basement windows in the fall and now we have some decent sun light coming through so hopefully when the basement dries somewhat , the sunlight will aid in keeping the mold in check. We though we should also add a dehumidifier or two to help with the moisture build up. Not real practical when you have this much water.
The flooded basement seems to be an issue whenever there is a lot of rain or quick thaws. I think for now our best avenue for our basement waterproofing would be with some type of drainage system that would quickly drain the water away from the house. Not sure the cost of a project like this. We are planning on checking into this solution and see if it isn’t something we can do our selves.
The whole area surrounding the house is clay. This is another reason we are dealing with a flooded basement. Clay does not have the ability to let the water drain quick enough. This causes us to have a wet basement the majority of the time. Wet basement means moisture which in turn means more mold. This just adds to our dilemma of how to get rid of mold.
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