The Sump Pump Project

[Twitchin Kitten]

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I'm not going to worry about the electricity just yet as the most important thing to get done. We can run an extension cord for now. Rain is coming. Again. It never stops! After today's shopping I should be able to set the bucket in and have it all ready for when Matt comes home with the gravel and Quickcrete. Thank god for quick cement! That shit cures fast and with the water always coming in, (it still is!) regular cement won't work.

Twist, when you dig deep enough here, you hit seashells and in some places salt water! They should never have built basements in any of these houses here and get this, we are on the highest peak in the neighborhood. Matt HAD to have a basement when we bought. Was convinced that it was fine (I saw the water marks and covering up with that stupid pink paint) but he believed the owners when they said it never got wet down there. Sure it didn't. It flooded the day we moved in (in a torrent) and continually after that.

This is going to solve all our issues. All the water seeping in now is coming from UNDER the slab and just seeping in the top layer of sand.

OH and the guys who work at Home Depot - Just don't ask them anything if you expect a correct answer or expert knowledge. They're fucking morons. Out and out morons. You'd be lucky if you get a correct answer if you ask them where they are at the moment.

Thanks Biker. So far this is actually the easiest job in this house! No bullshit, no Pandora's Box, no nuthin' except Matt's jelly arms from the drill!