Water! (8/14/11)

We had a big storm with a major downpour and we got a lot of water in the bedroom downstairs!  The carpet was wet in the entire room almost to the door.  It came in through the window and collected on the table that was below the window and all over the floor.  We were not sure if it came in through the foundation but think it could be possible since we had water in the room back in December on a warm day (which didn't come through a window).

The gutters were clogged so all the water was coming down by that corner of the house and the grading wasn't the best either - bad situation!

Mike ended up digging out half of the side of the house and down about 7 feet.

He painted a tar-like sealer on the wall and put plastic over that.  He also put in deeper window wells so if water does collect in them again it won't get up to the window.  They were not too deep before, you can see the water line halfway up the screen.  He filled it all back in and made sure it was graded away from the house.  Also, put on new covers over the window wells.

Mike put down new mulch and planted some day lilies....and it is complete!  Hopefully it solves our water problem!