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Water damaged basement carpeting
Ninten-doh:
Well, I removed the carpeting and the padding. That friggin padding was like a sponge. Totally saturated and it was really starting to smell this morning. I'm now staring at a dirty concrete floor, with a large fan and medium sized dehumdifier cranking away at the last remnants of dampness. Any suggestions as to what I should put down there (besides the Heavy Barrel cab I want ;D) ? Though we never had a water problem before, I'm going to assume this will happen again and want to plan accordingly. I was going to go with something like mpm32 suggested, but the ceiling is already kinda low, and I don't want to decrease the headroom. My father keeps insisting I should just paint the floor and put some throw rugs down. This way if water ever comes down there again, just wipe it up and be done with it. Just seems a little cold that way, and having the nice basement was a big plus for us when my wife and I bought the house. Man, this really blows.
BTW Chad, those downspout extenders are great. I have those on my downspouts as well and nicely take the water away from the foundation. Too bad I apparently had other issues.
ChadTower:
You need to figure out where that water came from. Every time water comes in, if you don't fix the problem, it gets worse.
mpm32:
It only raises the floor around 1/2" Not much to even notice.
Also the Rainguard things last a couple of years, I like the way they roll up so I can weedwack around them and at $40 for the four I need, it won't break the bank.
Chris G:
--- Quote from: ChadTower on April 19, 2007, 03:56:40 pm ---You need to figure out where that water came from. Every time water comes in, if you don't fix the problem, it gets worse.
--- End quote ---
Agreed - you shouldn't be resigned to having it happen again! I would want to know for sure what the root cause is and get it fixed, if possible. Better to find out now rather than when you try to sell the house and the inspector finds it. :)
Ninten-doh:
Okay, agreed. How does one go about finding out the cause? Do I need to bring an "expert" in? All the family "experts" seem to think it came up from underneath for what that's worth.
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