So, the recent rain dumped in MD flooded the yard but I was able to keep it out of the basement. Surprisingly the stacks lasted until water got to within 6" or so from the tops. But then they fell and floated away. This is 2+ cord of Black Locust with some VA and White pine as well. Not quite half of the locust was stacked and I had some more to split. Everyone's safe though and no damage other than the fence, lawnmower (forgot to get it outta the shed), and lost wood. Coming... Crap... After...
That's cruel...and unusual....and sucks big time. At least your home and family went unscathed. Best of luck with the clean-up.
Yeah. We've been here since 2012. Made it through Sandy just fine. This was MUCH more water. We couldn't believe it. Just watching everything float away. Manning the shopvac. Sump pumps were running nonstop. Pretty crazy. We're blessed that it wasn't worse.
There's a walkout basement that had some regrading done to the rear of the house. The front yard is level but the lot slopes down from the front to rear. Basically the first floor/main level is even with the ground out front, and by the rear of the house the basement is level with the ground. Did I explain that well enough? I sandbagged the heck outta the basement door and sat there with a shop vac and pumps until the waters receded. The french drain system leading to the sump pumps were a lifesaver. I never had more than two inches of water in the basement, and I managed to keep it all contained by the back door with a "well" made of 2x4s thrown together quickly and under stress. Here's the "well" I made...
Wow that's a lot of water, sucks to see yr hard work wash away. How much of it is gone and how much stayed in the yard?
Some of it's still in the yard. I'm planning to move stacks to the side the pieces are on now, though. And somehow I need to strengthen the fence behind where they will be located. Anyone got ideas to strengthen a split rail fence to withstand flood waters and the weight of a few cord of wood?
There's a good bit of it in the neighbor's woods. I noticed some in the strip of land next to the river. It's around but hard to tell how much is in the yard with it strewn about like it is.
Man sorry to hear about that. At least the house didn't flood. It put down some rain. Washed out part of the road onto the csx tracks below. What a mess.
When I look at how high the water made it up on your shed, it looks like it must have come up a foot or two along the lower bricks of your walk out basement. I'm surprised you didn't get more water in through that basement door, or along the foundation. Doesn't take much of a hole or gap to get a lot of water come in. Excellent job you did with the sump pumps, extra pumps, hoses, sandbags and your homemade well. I'm impressed. You know how many people have no clue about maintaining their sump pumps and what to do if a flood hits them!? Good thing you didn't lose power. Just sayin......
I'd be crying. Anchors & tie downs for your firewood stack ? Wood shed on stilts ? Glad it wasn't worse & the hose stayed reasonably dry . Don't know what I'd do to prepare for next time. ? Have good Flood insurance for sure! Looks like you'll be busy .
It was pretty high. It came up at least two feet on the basement door and probably a little more. I used sheets of plastic along the door before I put the sand bags down to give me a little extra wiggle room. The water came over the plastic and seeped down the door and into the house like that. I'm really surprised the foundation held up as well as it did. They did $15k worth of waterproofing before we bought the house; it paid off. Thank God we didn't lose power. I had the generator ready but I don't think it can run both sumps simultaneously. And the time it would've taken me to get everything switched over to the generator... Doing fence repairs today. I need to lean the posts back up and fill the void. I was going to get some gravel/bluestone for this. Would that work? I have sand...
Gravel should work better than sand and you can tamp down the gravel and small stones pretty easy around your posts. Unbelievable amount of water! You were really on the ball with your pumps. Way to go. Hope the clean-up goes better than you had thought. Glad your family and home are fine.
That's a scary sight. Glad your alright. Definitely use gravel to fill in the post. If you have to replace any set them deeper. It takes a strong deep set post to even stand a chance against flooding.
