Valve1138
I like the AB in the GB
the gutters are for sure at least part of the problem, we need to replace them but also the wood they're attached to is also fucked from the wets so we can't *just* replace the gutters without also dealing with that
the grading is absolutely nonsensical though - on the side where the water comes in/that is the major known issue, there... isn't any lmao. but on other spots, there is grading but it's not right, like there's a stretch along one side of the garage where half of it appropriately steers it toward the downspout, but the other half sends it the other way, which meets at one of the corners right next to the garage (it's a 3 car tandem, this corner is the inside corner of the L shape)
we're still paying off the windows we had to replace which has delayed taking the plunge on the gutters & ... soffits? I think is the right term? project, but now that this is the second year we're dealing with this basement bog situation, we're like "ah fuck we just have to do it I guess"
it doesn't happen every rain, but like once or twice a year we get hammered by a mega dump like we just did. we fared way better than that town in Iowa that got levelled, though we did spend a couple of hours in the unfinished basement, there were some smol tornadoes in the immediate area but we only had to deal with water.
we also had water pouring into the unfinished basement that night from the window well bc it dumped so hard/fast there was a couple of inches of water in it, we've since caulked it up so hopefully it won't come in as hard next time. in the unfinished basement, the ground at least IS appropriately graded so it guided the water toward the drain, but it wasn't draining bc the ground was too saturated so it was just pooling, for a while I was using a mop and spinny bucket trying to soak it up and then when it was safe enough to venture out of the basememt I went up and got one of the wet vacs.
some day, I'm gonna move somewhere warm and dry
Go buy a decent $50 tarp and put it down on that side of the house.
part of it though is not knowing when it's gonna be enough rain to need to put it out (and like, the big dump we just had also came with hella wind, the whole town's still lousy with downed trees) 