hitachi369Embrace Your Rights Premium Member join:2001-10-03 Cincinnati, OH |
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Re: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot 2013Not to be a gloomy guss, but do you have flood insurance? |
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Jon5 Premium Member join:2001-01-20 Lisle, IL |
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2013-Apr-18 2:58 pm
said by hitachi369:Not to be a gloomy guss, but do you have flood insurance? We don't have flood but we did get water backup last year so I think we're good. I'm sure they'll try and screw us anyway but I'll take that up with our agent if need be. |
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Warzau Premium Member join:2000-10-26 Naperville, IL |
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said by Dennis:Is it possible the water is coming from the sewer line? Do you have a backflow prevent-er on it? If this is for moi, yes 9 years ago, the builder HAD to put it in the day before closing since Naperville just required it on new building. I might have to review it again when eveything dries out. |
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SuperNetGo Ninja,Go Ninja Go.. Premium Member join:2002-10-08 Hoffman Estates, IL |
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said by Jon5:said by SuperNet:Sorry Jon,
That sucks!
I hope my place won't flood, I think I have a failing sump pump.
»Sump Pump question, Help!
Watch the video... I wonder what that sound is at 29 seconds. Dude don't try and figure it out. When in doubt, swap it out. I agree, but I am sure every where is sold out right now :\ If I can help you Jon, let me know. |
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Warzau Premium Member join:2000-10-26 Naperville, IL |
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2013-Apr-18 3:14 pm
Well supply and demand, much akin to trying to buy a snowblower during a blizzard. |
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SuperNetGo Ninja,Go Ninja Go.. Premium Member join:2002-10-08 Hoffman Estates, IL |
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2013-Apr-18 3:20 pm
said by Warzau:Well supply and demand, much akin to trying to buy a snowblower during a blizzard. I agree, but my sump pump is only 8 months old and rarely runs... So 1st heard an issue was yesterday around 7pm and couldn't do much about it.. I just hope and pray it works until i can replace it. |
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Warzau Premium Member join:2000-10-26 Naperville, IL |
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said by Jon5:said by hitachi369:Not to be a gloomy guss, but do you have flood insurance? We don't have flood but we did get water backup last year so I think we're good. I'm sure they'll try and screw us anyway but I'll take that up with our agent if need be. Well I guess if you can show it did come up from the drain I don't see how they would try to wiggle out of it. |
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Jon5 Premium Member join:2001-01-20 Lisle, IL
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Or you could have just helped me drink it really quick. It's only a corny of Two brothers Outlaw. On the up-side I now have a swim up bar like in Vegas! |
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Warzau Premium Member join:2000-10-26 Naperville, IL |
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2013-Apr-18 4:15 pm
Good thing you have a positive view I would be freaking out. |
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Great now the winds are starting to pick up. |
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Dennis Mod join:2001-01-26 Algonquin, IL |
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said by Warzau:Good thing you have a positive view I would be freaking out. Me too and my basement isn't finished at all (aside from my ghetto office). Hope you got all the water out! |
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Jon5 Premium Member join:2001-01-20 Lisle, IL
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said by Warzau:Good thing you have a positive view I would be freaking out. Well it is what it is. Not a whole hell of a lot I can do about it at this point. So I can either roll with it or go on a three state killing spree. Mostly pissed about my bar and my playstation. It's just stuff that we'll replace. It's just the inconvenience and work I'll have to do. Yeah I'm having a shitty day but it could be worse. Could've been watching my wife cross the finish line at a marathon and had my legs blown off. So there's that. |
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Warzau Premium Member join:2000-10-26 Naperville, IL |
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2013-Apr-18 5:22 pm
True, you put it all into perspective. |
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Be aware that they had to open the Chicago river locks. Be careful if you drink water from Lake Michigan. |
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Lurch77 Premium Member join:2001-11-22 Green Bay, WI |
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This is nuts. I was in southern WI earlier this week and was amazed at how high over the banks all the rivers and creeks were. And that was before the 4 more inches of rain that predicted. I hope you can figure out how to handle this. |
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Jon5 Premium Member join:2001-01-20 Lisle, IL |
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2013-Apr-18 7:32 pm
It is crazy. They actually said on the news this morning that my town (Lisle) was calling for people with boats to evacuate people. LOL. All the streets around me are closed/flooded out so you can't get anywhere even if you wanted too. Maybe I'll get one of those hovercraft kits.
This pump is a thirsty bastard BTW. Doing a good job though. Only about 2 inches of water left then I can get down there and asses. |
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Warzau Premium Member join:2000-10-26 Naperville, IL |
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2013-Apr-18 7:56 pm
Start drinking that keg don't let if die. |
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67845017 (banned) join:2000-12-17 Naperville, IL
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Whose asses are down there? |
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2013-Apr-18 8:54 pm
said by 67845017:Whose asses are down there? mostly the hookers that are buried down there. |
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2013-Apr-18 9:03 pm
Damn, life in the 'burbs. I need my allocation. |
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Now it's starting to snow!! |
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SuperNetGo Ninja,Go Ninja Go.. Premium Member join:2002-10-08 Hoffman Estates, IL |
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2013-Apr-19 12:18 pm
said by andyross:Now it's starting to snow!! Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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insomniacOh Yeah Premium Member join:2002-09-22 Naperville, IL |
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Jon, I feel your pain. Very sorry to see those pictures.
I woke up yesterday at 4am to the weather radio telling me about a flash flood warning. Then I very faintly heard my basement leak detectors going off. I had 3-4 inches of stormwater coming up my floor drain. I was scared shitless thinking my almost-new sump pump had failed, but it just couldn't keep up!
I plugged the drain with a heavy-duty plug the city gave me a while ago (wish I'd had the foresight to put it in the night before!), and then the sump spent all day catching up. I managed to keep the water away from the furnace and water heater, just barely. Washer and dryer took a little bit of water, but they've had water before and been fine after drying out. The basement is unfinished, and losses are minimal. We had a couple boxes of stuff on the floor, but almost everything important was sitting on workbenches or the pool table. The pool table legs are solid wood, so I think it'll be fine.
My street was fine. I live in one of the lowest points in the city, which was hit very badly by the flood of '96. There was no water on the street or on first floors of homes yesterday, only basements. The overflow went through a drainage swale behind my house and made a nearby street impassable. After one guy drove through it and stalled (requiring my neighbor and me to push him out), I spent much of the morning directing traffic, keeping people from driving through it even after the city had blocked it off. Every time somebody tried to drive through it in a big vehicle, it was sending water in my backyard and my neighbor's yard. The city came out with some cones, but no barricade, so I put on my reflective vest and kept people out until it went down to a reasonable level. Regardless, I witnessed some really rude behavior from drivers yesterday. Sorry, dude, the whole city's flooded - maybe you're just not going to get there today.
Now I just need to dry everything out. My dehumidifier had stopped working sometime in the last week, prior to this. Good thing I bought that 4-year warranty replacement from Abt -- called them today, they've got 'em in stock, and I just have to go do an exchange. |
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Worked a flight in from Madison to Ohare and we just made it in before that nasty line of storms that moved in around 7AM. Awesome, made it back to ORD, home in about an hour. Made it to my car (fortunately employee lot not underwater) at 745. At that hour, I can make it home in 35-40 minutes.
1230 I make it to my parking lot.
So many closed streets. |
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Jon5 Premium Member join:2001-01-20 Lisle, IL |
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Well here's an update. My entire basement is now in a dumpster. We had to get our furnace fixed. New blower and circuit board. $1200. We had a restoration team come in and do some work. $3800. And $350 for the dumpster plus other misc crap. all-in-all we're looking at about $7k for this mess. And that's just the clean up. Here's is what it looks like now.
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Parneli join:2004-12-28 Naperville, IL |
I don't have a finished basement (yet...ever?) anyway- I've always contemplated doing drywall for the top 3/4 of the wall and then like a chair rail/wainscoating for the bottom couple feet.
In my head I was picturing somehow that I'd be able to remove the wainscoating after a flood and then somehow reinstall after drying everything out.
Haven't given it too much consideration and it might be that it'd just end up getting thrown out anyway....
just an idea |
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I would never finish a basement, I have seen and heard of too many horror stories. If I did I would use cement backerboard for the bottom 3 feet and tile. |
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2013-Apr-19 10:33 pm
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....,
I'm so sorry Jon. Been through that before. God that sucks.
I live close by so if you need a hand with anything let me know. |
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I wonder if the oil companies are using the weather as the excuse for the $0.20+ increase in gas prices over the past few days... |
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