It's Raining!

It's raining; it's pouring, it's been raining off and on for two days. And I am so pleased! Why? Because I cannot hear the sump pump running all night long.

One of the last rehab things we've done to the house is have the Basement Doctor replace the old open sump pump with an enclosed one that also has a battery back up, fix the pipes that take the water out of the basement and out into the ditch, and repair all the cracks that have occurred due to water pressure because it wasn't draining properly. We have actually had it fixed before by other people but never successfully . In the past the sump pump ran almost all the time as it pumped the same water out that just poured back in. So it burned itself out. We've also had the basement flood several times due to power outages. The battery back up should stop that.

Of course, Joe didn't want to do this because he thought it was a waste of money. The Basement Doctor is a national franchise, but our niece works at the local office. So although he was very obstinate about having this done, he talks like it was all his idea when he's on the phone with his sister. That's fine. I got it done and I love it.