I spend a good part of yesterday prepping the basement for the contractors to come and work on it. I had to move everything that was near the walls so they would have room to work. I tried to give them as much room as possible, however, in some areas all I could manage was 3-4 feet.
The things that I have not moved yet are:
- The solar storage tank. When I did this project, I connected everything with pipe unions. In theory, it should be pretty easy to drain the tank, loosen the union and move the tank out of the way.
- The backup hot water tank. Same as the solar tank, all plumbing connections have unions. I will have to remove the electric from this tank, this is on a flexible whip.
- Water filters. Operate the bypass valves and use the quick disconnects. Also pretty easy
- Water tank. I hope that I can avoid moving this if at all possible. The pressure tank plumbing connections have unions like all the other plumbing fixtures. This also has the wiring for the well pump pressure switch. If I remove all of this, the house will not have any water until they are done. That is not the end of the world, but it is inconvenient.
The sales guy said they can work around the furnace and oil tank. Good thing, that. I have no intention of moving either of those. There is still a large amount of water on the floor, which I was told, would not be a problem to work in.
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Paul, as Bill Clinton once said, “I feel your pain.” My first time time with water “issues” was in the rancher I lived in as a kid in Maryland and the problem, like yours, was chronic. We never did the French drains, but we did darned near every other thing we could think of, both inside and outside of the house, and I don’t think we ever got it completely dry. You will undoubtedly do better with the French drain. There was also the old Cape style place in Massachusetts that often leaked water through the old granite foundation. I finally tore the basement apart and had some major work done down there. I’m happy to say that was after, not before, the old cast iron boiler collapsed and flooded the basement. A new boiler and a $400 water bill later… I don’t have a basement in the present house, just a crawl space, and I don’t miss it one bit.
By the way, I’ve been enjoying your site, so much, these many months, I’ve nominated you for the “You’ve Made My Day Award,” as a way to share the love (details on a recent post of mine). I really appreciate your taking the time to share your thoughts and experiences. Thanks for the continuing education and inspiration.
Good luck, Paul! Will be thinking about you.
Gee Jen, That’s awfully nice of you, I think you’ve made my day too! :) I read your post and it’s a great collection of blogs. I too have about 10 blogs that I check daily and when the dust settles a little bit, I’ll do a post on that. I seem to have gotten a little side tracked blogging lately, there has been a lot going on. I’ll get caught up here soon.