Close call and a gentle reminder

[blktre]

My basement has never had water in it. We had 4" of rain in 2hrs the other day. And guess what? This is where my media area is located. By the time I got home, I found water had reached my RC. Of course it was sitting on the carpet. MDF on the **** ends and water do not mix. Luckily for me I had very, very little moisture that got into the bottom of the speaker. And the water came right to it. So i put the spikes back on my towers.

Just a reminder for those w/speakers in basements. Even tho you have never had water, its still possible. Think about it!

[davepellegrene]

My basement has never had water in it. We had 4" of rain in 2hrs the other day. And guess what? This is where my media area is located. By the time I got home, I found water had reached my RC. Of course it was sitting on the carpet. MDF on the **** ends and water do not mix. Luckily for me I had very, very little moisture that got into the bottom of the speaker. And the water came right to it. So i put the spikes back on my towers.

Just a reminder for those w/speakers in basements. Even tho you have never had water, its still possible. Think about it!

If you never had water before check your downspouts and gutters. They maybe clogged.
Dave

[gumert]

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I know exactly what you're talking about :( Thankfully they weren't speakers yet. Still set me back another day or so to buy more wood and recut all the pieces.

Glad to hear that there wasn't any major damage.

[brianpowers27]

If applicable run to the store to pick up a water powered backup sump pump.

[panterra]

My basement has never had water in it. We had 4" of rain in 2hrs the other day. And guess what? This is where my media area is located. By the time I got home, I found water had reached my RC. Of course it was sitting on the carpet. MDF on the **** ends and water do not mix. Luckily for me I had very, very little moisture that got into the bottom of the speaker. And the water came right to it. So i put the spikes back on my towers.

Just a reminder for those w/speakers in basements. Even tho you have never had water, its still possible. Think about it!

I need to think about getting an RC caddy. I have 4, and usually one ends up on the floor and I can find it.

[critofur]

Ouch. Well, at least that wasn't quite as dumb as what I did - after I'd worked on some MDF pieces and put the first coat of sealer on, set them out to dry in the sun... Got distracted, had other things to do, and didn't get back to put them away that evening and it rained overnight.

One coat of sanding sealer wasn't nearly enough to keep the moisture out - they ended up looking like old books that had gotten wet, the boards puffed up so much.

[blktre]

My gutters are clean, and tubes on downspouts. 4" is alot of rain in that short of time. And already in moisture soaked areas. We had flash flooding w/water to car windows. The road in front of my house was covered ditch to ditch and carried even further on either side. But I am rechecking, evaluating my drainage from around the house.

[MagicO309d]

Downspout extenders work amazingly well, you just need to get the water about 5' away from the foundation provided that your grade slopes away from your house.

We need a sump pump for our place yet just extending the downspouts and regrading worked out great. The pump hardly ever turns on now so I'm sure we're also saving a lot on our electric bill too.

Anyone building with marine grade plywood? :)

[davepellegrene]

I live on a pretty step hill that runs down to the lake. I built a two story garage that attaches to my house. 25 steps down to house inside garage. When I dug for the foundation I hit water. I measured it at 17 gallons a minute. I have four layers of drain pipe and 40 tons of gravel on the outside of the walls. All wheeled by hand. This diverted the water around the foundation. I built a pond/ water fall down the side of the house and drained it into the lake. A month after I was finished our water company found a 4" main line broke up the hill from me. The water completely stopped when they fixed it.
At least I am sure I will never have water problems.

[the kid]

1+1 on the downspout extensions. Got mine a few feet out from the house and have been dry ever since.

Long time ago, I was renting the basement of a nice little ol' lady's house. I came home after work one rainy day to find out her basement had flooded. Now, I have to give kudos to this lady and her elderly friend for trying to save my stuff -- except for the 4-foot long cardboard box of albums!!!:eek: I am sure they were too heavy to lift. But I survived, quietly.