Paul’s battle against the rain water has finally turned in our favor. The rains finally let up around noon and the JLM landscape guys showed up to lend a helping hand. Paul and the crew drained the big pond, dug a set of water channels, set a plywood dam, and got a bucket sump working. The first photo shows the battlefield with the bucket sump and plywood dam protecting the open doorway.
The next photo shows a close up of the water channels and the sump bucket outside the walk-out door. The third photo is a shot showing the newly installed drain tile sump after Paul pumped about 10” of water from the basket. It’s nice to see that the system works although I was hoping not to have to use it this early in the home building project.
The last photo shows the view from inside the basement walk-out door. Paul and the guys spent a fair amount of effort cleaning up the basement floor after building the defensive perimeter. It certainly feels good to have a couple of lines of defense in place in case we get another onslaught of rain!
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