Due to the recent melt-down, we now have a lake in our back yard which extends over to the side of our house. In addition to a bunch of other back yard issues, our dear neighbor (not his fault, he just moved in) has bricks stacked up on his side of the fence to keep the water from running through his yard to the drain. Great. And because said lake is putting so much pressure on our foundation, we also have a million little rivers running all over our basement floor. Awesome.
Last week Zac called the city of Stow and the engineer came out to access our situation. From just poking around, he doesn't think that we have the required 2-acres of fall to have the city fix our drain problem on their dime. But he said that a survey team would come back out in the spring to verify, and then he would work with us to set up a plan to fix our problem. Not the answer we were looking for, but its progress. So all you friends and family out there, bring you shovels because this very well may be the summer of dig. ; )
To combat the basement rivers, Zac and I are having a handful of basement waterproofing companies come out to give estimates and advice on what to do. We've got everybody from Ohio Waterproofing to an independent contractor who might be able to work with Zac to do it. We'll see what our best options are to get a dry basement and not break the bank.
Oh the joys of home ownership! It may be expensive and stressful, but we wouldn't trade it for the world.
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