So, our basement has no carpet. There was so much water in the carpet, and the pad underneath was a sponge. We had to rip up the carpet to prevent the water from spreading to the drywall and woodwork. We've got 4 commercial-grade fans and 10 household fans spread around the basement to dry it out as quickly as possible. We have to run those for a few days as moisture continues to wick out of the concrete, or else we'll risk mold in the walls.
Well, it's not the worst thing that's happened to us. We've been through at least two other floods and a hurricane that destroyed a car. I guess water just doesn't like us. And we thought that the creek side of the street was the side that was a flood risk...
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Wow, that's a mess. I would think that your neighbor should be responsible for making sure his irrigation doesn't spill off his property into some poor person's basement.
Do you remember that little rental I used to own in Helper? I had some tenants move out unexpectedly in the winter and a pipe broke. I went down to find that the basement was 100% flooded and a small river was flowing out the bulkhead and down to the dry ravine out back.
When I called the town, they said, "Hmm, we noticed that your water use had gone off the charts."
Well why didn't you drive down and take a look, then?
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