Waterlogged

After dealing with the crack in the foundation earlier this year (or was it last year?), we really hoped that we were done with water in the basement. However, this morning we woke to discover significantly more water down there than we've ever had before. It was immediately clear that this was not a repeat of the previous problem (different location) but that was hardly comforting. Lots of boxes that were on the floor down there were soaked, and we spent over an hour just clearing crap out of the affected area. Then we got the Shopvac out and started vacuuming it up, only to discover that it's coming in (through a drain in the floor, under the carpet, we suspect) as fast as we can suck it up.

Calls have gone out to the insurance company, a basement leak contractor, and the city. Our neighbourhood's water lines were cleaned this summer, necessitating (among other things) a huge and deep hole being dug in our front yard. Considering that we've been in the house for 13 years and never had a drop of moisture in this part of the basement, and then the first heavy rain after that work was done by the city results in hundreds of litres of water down there, I'd call that suspicious. So we'll have to see what comes of this once the carpet's been pulled up and the source of the problem uncovered.

I'd call this a crappy day, except that doesn't do it justice. And making it worse still, my niece Amanda is dealing with the same sort of problem at her house. Misery really doesn't love company, in this case!!