Flooded Again, Dammit!

[@cornbread1955]

👍👍👍Hope you can find exactly what's going on and get it took care of 😎☕

[@OregonOldTimer]

It's lots of little springs that flow only during heavy, sustained rainfalls, David. Groundwater with enough pressure to force its way in through cracks and joints in the concrete. Every time I plug on entry, the water finds another.

[@terryk3118]

Usually the sound of running water is so relaxing. Today it was so frustrating. Can only guess how you're feeling. Best of luck with finding a permanent solution.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you, Terry.

[@jamesilersich8696]

I grew up in a house just like yours when it rained a lot in the spring we had little 6 inch fountains shooting up from the floor! My dad said if you plug them all up the house would float! We ended up installing 3 sump pumps in crocks this was in a small 600 ft basement

[@OregonOldTimer]

I first thought surface water was getting in from outside, but it's groundwater springs underneath forcing their way up through cracks and joints. We're just above the bottom of the Coastal Range. Rain soaks in everywhere and is forced out in springs near the bottom. Most appear and disappear with rain cycles, but some are year-round.

[@robzoomi8304]

Time for a Double IPA after all that! =)

[@_Oregon_Sunday_Drives_360]

Yeah, I was thinking "only two" when he said that.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Those Pelican Beak Breaker Double IPAs are 9%, so two equals three or four normal brews. Two is my limit.

[@robzoomi8304]

@@OregonOldTimer that's the spirit! =)

[@FrenchCrow]

Nice defense. I wish you well, mate.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Thank you.

[@GenOneOutdoors]

Sorry man. Hope you can get it all figured out.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Tackling one thing at a time.

[@valeriehenschel1590]

And the forecast is for the Pineapple Express to be particularly bad the next few days! Thoughts of dry Sequim must be in the back of your mind. Hope the crawl space water is an easy reroute. And I bet the waterfall is looking pretty wild!

[@OregonOldTimer]

I'll put on chest waders and go under the house today. I hope I can get some sort of temporary diversion to keep water from flowing down the shop wall until things dry out--April maybe?--and I can make a permanent fix.

[@EugeneFir]

Sorry, I hope you have it solved soon. That upper wall leak later in the video is very scary. You are not too many miles away, if you need some mopping/stacking/raising help. Had a similar situation many years ago, and had many metal shelves/legs/lockers that became rusty and week much later (dangerous/rusted enough to suddenly/unexpectedly collapse long after the flood). I have stayed in the house all day listening to the rain, now you have me worried, I need to go check my shop/saw-mill in the AM. I did have a hole in the roof patched in August, but I ignored my clogged gutters and drainage ditch around the perimeter, ugh (as in "Dear Eliza).

[@OregonOldTimer]

At least I don't have metal shelving. Most of the crawl space is concrete slab. Plans show the basement wall extending a few inches above that slab, but I think it's flush with it which allows water to seep under the sill. It'll be an easy fix, once it's dry. All I have to do is run sealant along the sill.

[@davel623]

Start with proper grading around the foundation & cleaning and/or repairing gutters. Best of luck to you.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Grade is per code. Gutters aren't relevant. Surface water isn't the problem. It's groundwater from below, temporary springs caused by rainfall in the mountains behind the house.

[@billybubbabaisden783]

Need to quit Dickin around and fix that.

[@OregonOldTimer]

Working on it.

[@JosEPh-zy3yr]

I'm sorry you are having these problems. It is really frustrating I know. Please 1 thing though, don't use the G-D in your language. Instead Trust God for your help. He is your answer not your problem. I enjoy watching your video's. Just don't like God's name used in vain. Words do matter. Be Blessed.

[@OregonOldTimer]

I edit out most profanity, but there are times when it seems appropriate. I agree, words do matter. I'm sorry to have offended you.