Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Heavy rain + high tide =

A water filled basement!


It has rained a few times since we have been here and we haven't noticed anything like this, but yesterday, right around high tide for the Bay of Fundy, we noticed an awful lot of water in the basement. It wasn't that deep or anything, but it seemed to be seeping in from all sides of the basement. It was especially watery near the washer and dryer. It receded once the rain stopped, but it was still pretty weird. Does this happen to everyone around here? Is our house defective?

Today the ground was still damp so we lit a fire in the wood stove in the basement to try to dry it all out. There doesn't seem to be any visible mold in the basement, so maybe this was just a freak occurrence. I guess only time will tell.

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