Re: Advice Please: The Great Flood of 2019
Thank you all for the suggestions. I am learning so much!
Realist, the problem was a hundred year rain event with more than ten inches in just a few hours. The source of the leak was simply a 1/2 HP that just couldn't keep up.
Besoeker, you are on the right track. The pump was simply not able to keep up. As part of the cleanup, my brother-in-law replaced the sump pump with a 3/4 HP pump. As a bonus, he taught me how to do it. The pump goes on and shuts off based a float system.
Barry, that is exactly the information that I needed and you and my brother-in-law were on exactly the same page
. It took two cuts to make sure we were high enough to easily affix the new sheetrock, but I was happy learning how to use a compact circular saw (which sure, didn't feel compact to me - made for a man's hands). It was great fun once I got over the fear of worry of cutting too deep.
We ended up scoring the skirting board, as you call it, with box cutter and then carefully pried it off. With some sanding and some elbow grease, I think we can reuse all of it.
Swimfeeders, the basement is all concrete and the first floor is brick and mortar, with the second floor being wood siding. My dad built the place with his own two hands so anything we do to it - we want to do it perfectly. Any number of his friends have declared that it will be last house standing in town. I do greatly appreciate your offer of help, and I expect that your friends have been near here at one time or another
. I am pretty sure I have it under control, but thank you!
I am really excited about learning how to do this work and appreciate this of you who can
. It isn't easy for me, but it will enable me to work on my repairing skills. Best of all, we can save my mom a mint by doing this work ourselves.