Bad weather today

[mrmarket]

A mad storm hit Mercer county in NJ yesterday. Winds reached 70 MPH and trees were down all over the place. The weather folks didn't even come close to warning anyone about this. My house lost power for 24 hrs and unfortunately the battery backup on my sump pump only lasted 8 hrs.

We had a nice swimming pool in my basement for a while. I just got done pulling up carpet. Fortunately my boys got up with me and helped me put the furniture up on chairs so it didn't get ruined.

Just waiting to see if mold is gonna grow on my walls. Hopefully not. That will save me a little work.

Anyone else get hit by this storm?

[wooish]

Sorry to hear. Been raining for two days here in NYC and luckily no flood yet.

[skiracer]

Sorry to hear. Been raining for two days here in NYC and luckily no flood yet.

We got hit pretty good with very high winds and heavy rain. I'm in from the ocean and bay about 4-5 miles so no flooding at my place but down by the bay and ocean they had plenty of high water and flooding. I've got alot of big trees on my property but thank God nothing came down at our house, but big trees down everywhere around here. and plenty of branches. We were also without power for about 4-5 hrs. right in the middle of the Duke basketball game it went out. sorry to hear about your basement ernie. nothing worse than having to pick up wet carpet and cardboard boxes. i've been thru it.

[tiedyed1]

Morris\Passaic County flooding

In North Jersey we have a few rivers that broke over their banks and have caused some major flooding. Our home is on higher ground here but yesterday we were driving around the Pequonnack area and you see some lower side roads terrible flooding where the mail boxes are just a foot above the water line! A few row boats in the streets as well.

Schools are also closed due to road closures due to flooding (i.e. Route 23 is closed for a good mile, from Wayne to Route 287).

That was certainly a lot of rain. If it was snow we would have had 7 feet of snow.

[toxo]

Getting smacked around

Didn't think I'd see the day the Huge one would get smacked around! Seriously, my prayers for all in that part of the country. Weather channel couple days ago did not look good. Thinking of all of you.

[peanuts]

Major suckage!

I used to get water in my basement because the house was so old and it leaked due to subsidence causing cracks in the foundation. A trench down to the foundation had to be dug. Sealant was applied to the outside wall. A french drain now surrounds the house and takes away the built up water before it has a chance to enter through any small cracks. Flooding was once a common event when the snow melt came or heavy rain saturated the ground. I have not had any water in the basement since the work was done.

I used to have to prepare the basement: roll up rugs, elevate furniture, create miniature levies to control the flow of incoming water to the drains. Now I have a finished basement and no fear of flooding.

Sorry to hear of your predicament. I won't send meats and cheeses this time. Maybe a recliner, instead?

[Peter Hansen]

Small trre Blows down

A small tree on my front lawn blew down......but fortunately for me it is a town tree and therefore THEIR responsibility ......called and they put me on a list for the work ....but they have 160 trees down ......the way guys in the city work....one cutting and 4 yanking their cranks ..that fallen tree will be there till JUNE LOL . I will have to drag out my chainsaw and work on it myself when the weather clears!

[microchips]

Mr Market

In the UK we are always getting flooded in one part or another i myself live 100mtrs from a river but am quite high up so dont even get my pinkies wet,but on the other hand some of my neighbours have a nightmare with damp and mould. what a lot of them do is mix water and bleach together and spray a fine mist over all of the walls and floors, this kills the mould spors and most other nasties at the same time hope this is of some use to you all,lookin on the bright side summer is nearly here!!!

[mrmarket]

In the UK we are always getting flooded in one part or another i myself live 100mtrs from a river but am quite high up so dont even get my pinkies wet,but on the other hand some of my neighbours have a nightmare with damp and mould. what a lot of them do is mix water and bleach together and spray a fine mist over all of the walls and floors, this kills the mould spors and most other nasties at the same time hope this is of some use to you all,lookin on the bright side summer is nearly here!!!

Yup....I went the surgical route. I removed my wall to wall carpeting entirely and cut the bottom 2 ft off of my walls. Now the mold has no place to grow..ha ha ha.

[skiracer]

Yup....I went the surgical route. I removed my wall to wall carpeting entirely and cut the bottom 2 ft off of my walls. Now the mold has no place to grow..ha ha ha.

The easiest way to prevent the mold from growing due to moisture is to take a gallon of Clorox bleach in a spray bottle and spray it on the areas that got wet. Then take a damp towel and wipe the residue and the black mold off. It may take an application or two but it will work and it will keep the mold from any further growth. By cutting the wallboard, sheetrock, and the studs off a foot or two above the floor will not insure that mold will not grow. If the masonary foundation under the wallboard and studs gets damp black mold will still grow and actually thrive and the problem will still exist. Then you will still have to spray it will Clorox bleach to remove the black mold again. One way to get around the problem is to do this. Leave the wallboard and studs in place but buy a roll of PVC coated coil stock, a 50' roll of PVC coated aluminun, which is 24" wide, and either cut it down the center leaving you with two 50" length or just leave it 24" wide, and install it over the bottom 2' of your wall. You can buy a vinly piece of trim called, "undersill trim", which you would place at the floor line and slide the bottom of the coil stock into it at the bottom. then at each stud at the top nail another piece of undersill trim to the wall 24 1/4" high at each stud, off the floor and slide the coil stock into it. this will provide a metal protective barrier around the entire perimeter of your finished basement. if you get more water in your basement all you will have to do is to take some Fantastik or some other cleaning agent and wipe the aluminum clean which is very easy to do. and if you don't have another flood to contend with occassionally spray the aluminun with Fantastik and wipe it clean. the Fantastik provides a clean fresh surface and odor free of any mold.

[mrmarket]

The easiest way to prevent the mold from growing due to moisture is to take a gallon of Clorox bleach in a spray bottle and spray it on the areas that got wet. Then take a damp towel and wipe the residue and the black mold off. It may take an application or two but it will work and it will keep the mold from any further growth. By cutting the wallboard, sheetrock, and the studs off a foot or two above the floor will not insure that mold will not grow. If the masonary foundation under the wallboard and studs gets damp black mold will still grow and actually thrive and the problem will still exist. Then you will still have to spray it will Clorox bleach to remove the black mold again. One way to get around the problem is to do this. Leave the wallboard and studs in place but buy a roll of PVC coated coil stock, a 50' roll of PVC coated aluminun, which is 24" wide, and either cut it down the center leaving you with two 50" length or just leave it 24" wide, and install it over the bottom 2' of your wall. You can buy a vinly piece of trim called, "undersill trim", which you would place at the floor line and slide the bottom of the coil stock into it at the bottom. then at each stud at the top nail another piece of undersill trim to the wall 24 1/4" high at each stud, off the floor and slide the coil stock into it. this will provide a metal protective barrier around the entire perimeter of your finished basement. if you get more water in your basement all you will have to do is to take some Fantastik or some other cleaning agent and wipe the aluminum clean which is very easy to do. and if you don't have another flood to contend with occassionally spray the aluminun with Fantastik and wipe it clean. the Fantastik provides a clean fresh surface and odor free of any mold.

Wow..great idea. You are a genius, ski. Thanks!

[skiracer]

Wow..great idea. You are a genius, ski. Thanks!

[B]I'm a construction maven ernie. I know all the tricks after 40 some years in the business. I've made every mistake twice and because of that have learned what works and what doesn't. genius may be a bit of a stretch.it may not pleasing decoratively speaking to you wife but it is a clean look and will certainly do the trick. any roofing and siding supply will have the coil stock, vinyl undersill trim, and stainless steel nails you need. if you were to go this route i would also buy some GE Silicone caulk and appyl a generous bead at the bottom about an inch above the floor line and which will seal the bottom off from any moisture and do the same at the top for sealing and adhesion purposes then place the undersill trim in the silicone caulk before nailing and sliding the coil stock into the undersill trim.

[MEA_1956]

Not Again

The easyest way to cut the coil stock is with a razor knife and a straight edge. Scare it and then bend it there and it will part on the scare. To cut it for lenght I use a framing square and spring clamps (to hold the square in place) scare it and bend on the scare.

[GR40RCapri]

hmmm

OOOOOOHooo hooo... how fun water is in the basement, isn't it. the Co. that installed our septic (3rd party...prev. owner hired them to install a title 5 septic in order to sell the house to us. He wasn't around, nor did he care how the work turned out, as they let him off the hook because of a 1.5x cost holdback (there's $$ still in escrow..that hasn't been released by me or the prev. owner...) what a fiasco.. /rant.

Point being they didn't grade the property correctly, and didn't keep their machines from hitting the foundation and cracking it, nor did the prep the soil properly, so...it soaks up all the water from the rainwater stream next to us, and goes straight to the point of least resistance...our basement.

We lost our pumps during the ice storm last yr, i had to wade through 20" of 35~ deg water to run extension cords to the pumps to power them up. They ran for 2 hrs straight. Needless to say, I have things of minimal value down there... although it sux with no garage either (I'm a car/lawn equip, etc guy...with little places out of the weather to work on stuff).


Ernie, I have a brandy new Generac generator for sale...if your interested. I could use the cash more than the gen. at this time to pay for my extensive med bills after my kidney transplant 7 weeks ago.


TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, about the storm: we got A TON of rain...just stopped an hr ago. BOTH sump pumps are running about every 15 seconds or so. they ARE NOT in the lowest point of the basement...
Lots of wind, but that's about it...

J

[skiracer]

OOOOOOHooo hooo... how fun water is in the basement, isn't it. the Co. that installed our septic (3rd party...prev. owner hired them to install a title 5 septic in order to sell the house to us. He wasn't around, nor did he care how the work turned out, as they let him off the hook because of a 1.5x cost holdback (there's $$ still in escrow..that hasn't been released by me or the prev. owner...) what a fiasco.. /rant.

Point being they didn't grade the property correctly, and didn't keep their machines from hitting the foundation and cracking it, nor did the prep the soil properly, so...it soaks up all the water from the rainwater stream next to us, and goes straight to the point of least resistance...our basement.

We lost our pumps during the ice storm last yr, i had to wade through 20" of 35~ deg water to run extension cords to the pumps to power them up. They ran for 2 hrs straight. Needless to say, I have things of minimal value down there... although it sux with no garage either (I'm a car/lawn equip, etc guy...with little places out of the weather to work on stuff).


Ernie, I have a brandy new Generac generator for sale...if your interested. I could use the cash more than the gen. at this time to pay for my extensive med bills after my kidney transplant 7 weeks ago.


TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, about the storm: we got A TON of rain...just stopped an hr ago. BOTH sump pumps are running about every 15 seconds or so. they ARE NOT in the lowest point of the basement...
Lots of wind, but that's about it...

J

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