We moved into this house about 3 years ago.
The one big reason I wanted to move was that we didn't have a basement before. Imagine this-- 3 boys, we home school, and inclement weather. Yes, one could go crazy with allowing them to get out all the wiggles with no place to run around.
Now I can say, "Go to the basement!" and they love it, too.
I grew up with a basement and we played in the basement on rainy days. We never had any issues with water in the basement in any of my growing up houses.
When we moved in here there was this interesting circle in the floor and a dehumidifier. We never worried much about it. Well, except we would say- "that dehumidifier looks so old we should probably buy a new more energy efficient one,"-- but we never did.
Well, winter 2010 has been quite wet. The retention pond across the street is at a record high- the water table in Delaware is at a record high. Someone said we could advertise that we are a waterfront property. (Not that we are for sale or anything like that)
Since the melting of the snow- we have a "new normal" sound that sounds like --
hmmmmmmm guuu shshshsh .
For a couple of weeks it happened 24/7 about every minute. If all that water had settled into the basement, we would have an indoor pool and a big mess!!
Thankfully this little pump(inside the circle in the basement) has been waiting for the day when he would be the hero that has saved us from a big disastrous mess.
Thank you Lord for our little sump pump!
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