Domicile: In which 19-year-old basement waterproofing is finally tested. (naladahc

To say that we have been getting rain in Cowtown the past 12 hours would be an understatement.

We literally have rain and rain and rain and rain and rain and more rain coming.

Now in the old House of Love III I would be a mess right now. Even with all that basement wall work I did, I was really trying to repair parging and deal with the dampness. None of what I did could truly be classified as waterproofing by a professional.

Sure, there were products used to help keep the walls water-resistant and make the place functionally useful but it wasn't like what Basement Doctor would do. Hell. The 2 basement people I had come out wouldn't touch it really.

Anyway, The Clintonville Domicile was waterproofed with an interior floor trenching, draining tile put in, and sump pump back in 1988. (Hell... that was my freshman year at Ohio State! Bad Craziness.)

Quite frankly, we haven't had much consistent and high volume rain at all this year. I was worried that the basement of the Domicile, being the work was done a long time ago, was not up to par.

So far so good! I went downstairs and for the first time since we moved in, there's been enough rain that the system is having to compensate for it. The well had water in it and to make sure, I manually started the sump pump and it pulled out all of the water to the side of the house/driveway.

Now I want to completely redo the gutter drainage out front and along the back to take water as close to the street as possible or to the back of the property. Incorporating the sump pumps drain into this is definitely on the list but that's a 2008 or later project unless something should change or demand it.

But my water nightmares can now go away.

And what's even better? The former owners gathered up a ton of paperwork they had and mailed it to me.

Inside? The lifetime transferable warranty for the basement waterproofing!

Giga and I talked about finishing up some of the basement walls, making a distinct laundry area, a distinct storage and mechanical area, as well as another bedroom/office under the living room.

I now feel a thousand times more confident that doing so would ad value to the house as well as not be impacted as so many decades old basements are with overly heavy rain!

And that my friends, is the first time I've felt good about rainy days in a long long long long time!