Basement flood! Help!

Sorry to be so lame, but I had to get your attention. Our sump pump failed and our basement is flooded. There's probably an inch of standing water in there and it seems to have taken ~6 hours to get that much. It's raining outside, but it's a very light rain. However, the past couple days have been warmer and a lot of our snow melted. My husband wants to know if anyone can predict how high the water levels could rise in our basement. Obviously since it's Christmas, the home improvement stores aren't open, and we don't have the money to call a plumber.

Any help that can save my hubby's sanity? He is worried that it could rise high enough to make our furnace and hot water tank to go out.

Maybe a few could pump out some of that for you.

Try to shovel snow away from the foundation.

That sucks. Had sump troubles myself once, when the basement flooded three to four feet routinely! Yuck. See if you can elevate the water heater; that's what I did. The furnace is another matter, but maybe you can sandbag around it?

Sorry :hug:

I had a flooded basement here, 2 years ago. (they told me the parsonage often flooded, but they couldn't find any leaks) So, later that summer, we built up the foundation around the basement windows. I haven't had any leaks since then.

At this point I think I'm going to have to leave it until morning, since the water isn't rising that high and I have little ones who will be waking insanely early to open presents. :o

but have no expertise in such matters living in the frozen tundra as I do... However, IMHO it probably took alot (snow melt and rain) to give you an inch of water. W/the snow all gone, and only a light rain, it'd have take alot more to even half that inch you already have. I'm sure you guys will be fine.

Ours gets flooded every spring. But we have drainage masonry and keep the woodstove (which is down there) going nonstop even if the house is sweltering. That always dries it out- so far- fingers crossed.

Again though, I think you'll be fine. It takes ALOT of water to make just an inch. I'll pray for you though tonight. NO Holiday nightmare for conflicgirl! K?

I think all is well. :-)

I was wrong, BTW - hubby said it's only about a half-inch. Much better, right? Thanks for your nice thoughts. :)

Just like you use it to empty a water bed.

Put the hose in the standing water and make sure it is not obstructed, you may have to hold it there.
Turn the water on and when the flow begins to enter, the person turning the water on needs to immediately disconnect it from the faucet and let it fall to the ground. This creates a vacuum and the water will begin to be sucked out ... try to put the hose end in your basement at the lowest point, where it drains.

Good luck

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