But not so much inside. Yippie! My work on the sump pump, the gutters, the surface drains in the yard, the retaining wall, and swale in the back yard seem to have paid off. About half the basement floor is covered with water, flowing across to the sump. Some water is coming up through the drains was well, which means I will have to rent an excavator and dig up the drain pipe and replace it. It has probably been compromised by roots from a tree or something.

We have received about 5 inches of rain in the last 36 hours. Here are some local flooding pictures:

This is the Wallkill river, near Gardiner, NY. Normally it does not flow up over the roadway like this. That house in the background is cut off, the fire department had to take the people out by boat early this morning.

Another shot of the Wallkill river, this time flowing into a farmer’s field.

Here is my sump pump in action. As you can see it is keeping up with the incoming water nicely. Much more than this however, and I think we would have a flood. It has happened several times in the past, so I am happy that it seems to be working better now. This summer, if the ground ever drys out, I am going to put some more surface drains in around the back door and the deck area. The surface drains are routed into the gutter drains which are 3 inch waist drain PVC pipes buried in the ground. The exit about 20 feet from the house on the down hill side.

Sump pump drain exit onto lawn down hill of the house. Flowing pretty good, that is a combination of the sump pump, the gutters and two surface drains on the patio.

Tomorrow, who knows what the weather will be, we may have a heat wave.

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