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Beautiful Summer day in calgary
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The heat trace lines can be thermostat controlled to turn on ’only’ when the temperature drops below freezing.
The other alternative would be to position it in a deep sump pit and provide adequate cover to protect it from frost. If you have enough water in a pit it will not freeze because of the geothermal energy in the deeper subsoil.
The other alternative would be to position it in a deep sump pit and provide adequate cover to protect it from frost. If you have enough water in a pit it will not freeze because of the geothermal energy in the deeper subsoil.
I think I found the major culprit, this downspout. I believe the best solution may be to tie it into my downspout that runs the length of the garage and dumps in the alley. When he gets back from what ever job he is on i will propose it to him, assuming he agrees when i get my buddy to put the trough on the garage overhang i will get him to help me tie that in and replace that downspout (its in pretty rough shape anyhow)
i think i will still do some sort of french drain and trench in front of the door, take care of any remaining water
i think i will still do some sort of french drain and trench in front of the door, take care of any remaining water
pdentrem
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That is unfortunate. Dad put in Big O all around the property to direct any water during the spring melt to go to the storm drain at the front of the property.
Hopefully your neighbour is understanding and will work with you on the problem.
The other way would be to modify the walls with a row of block and 2” of new concrete on the floor.
Pierre
Hopefully your neighbour is understanding and will work with you on the problem.
The other way would be to modify the walls with a row of block and 2” of new concrete on the floor.
Pierre
Dabbler
ersatz engineer
Even though the problem of water on the floor seems to be the most severe problem, it is the garage sill plates I'm worried about.
-- I had intermittent spring flooding problems, and after mitigating them, I tore off the drywall and ensure the sill plates were still okay. Fortunately, I'm fine, but if flooding the wall is allowed over the long term, the sill plates and studs will rot and you are in serious trouble.
Yes I already replace the sill plate, bottom 6" of every stud and lower 2ft of sheeting on the west side as well as the door sill plate, and corner of that side, I havent ripped up the drywall on the south (door wall) to check it all, but i dont believe there is any rot there, no drywall water damage
Edit: the sill was completely rotted away, I after replacing that I added a gutter, now the only water is from the door and most likely that's from the neighbors downspout
High Pressure Pump, and some hose, and you can send it back to their property, pretty quickly, no? <smiles evil grin>
In all seriousness, vacuuming a drain hose path under your property, so the run-off does not adversely affect you, seems an idea!
What does that mean Trev? Kinda the opposite of drilling?
I think he means getting a hydrovac to excavate a horizontal hole under the slab
I spoke with the neighbor, he's willing to do whatever needs to be done, just going to run that downspout of his into my downspout which already runs the length of the garage and dumps into the laneway.
cost is 0$, just need to re-configure the piping that is already there
I spoke with the neighbor, he's willing to do whatever needs to be done, just going to run that downspout of his into my downspout which already runs the length of the garage and dumps into the laneway.
cost is 0$, just need to re-configure the piping that is already there
Farm life is awesome. This isn't my birth place in Saskatchewan, but my nearest neighbour is still 200 meters away, and I can't see them through the forest. All my surface water drains to my pond and any overflow drains to a big drainage ditch that goes straight to Lake Erie.
We might get 2" per hour as the hurricane sweeps through, but most of it will be gone a few days later and my barn will stay comfy and dry.
I have different problems, but reading about your woes helps remind me of just how lucky I really am.
We might get 2" per hour as the hurricane sweeps through, but most of it will be gone a few days later and my barn will stay comfy and dry.
I have different problems, but reading about your woes helps remind me of just how lucky I really am.
Ryan, @phaxtris , is pretty close to what I meant. Same tech, but at a far lower level.
Have known a few road crossings for irrigation water, usually, that were put in on the QT, using pvc pipe, and shop vacs.
Not so handy when the land is stones, with littler ones between them, but if the conditions suit, and you have the patience, it can work.
Hydro-Vac, or a directional driller, are two other ($$$$) options, depending on need.
oh like a poor mans hydrovac, pressure washer and a shop vac
i have thought about trying that one of these days, awful messy though, bring on the rain suit
oh how i would love to live out of town, even just a few acres would be nice. Out here anything within a reasonable distance is well over a million these days (actually probably multi millions with how the market is going), then the additional cost of upkeep, property taxes, etc... not really in the cards. Maybe when i retire and dont need to be close to a major center for work that could be a possibility.
Farmers get a tax break in Ontario. Plus you can write off the taxes you do pay.
Sorta what I did, but I didn't really retire. I retired from industry and started a new career farming. I'll only truly retire when I can't do anything else.
Like this? I tried to post this photo earlier but somehow it didn't make it. Sorry if it shows up a second time.
That's pretty funny! I tell people that "Retired" means everyone thinks you have time to deal with THEIR problems, so you get tired, then you get tired again, aka: Re-Tired!
I miss having scheduled time off from work! And days off that I can schedule!
Tax-wise, here in BC, every few years we have to justify our Farm Status, by detailing the incomes from each and every source, as well as what Legal Lots it was earned on (my family's Farm is seven different legal Lots!.) Large part of this, came about because of the number of folk that tried to write off all manner of purchases from gas money to toilet paper, because the had two horses and a pick up truck... Things got changed...
FWIW, I was kicked OUT of the Military, because I had had spinal fusion surgery, and had two diagnosed, bad knees. To the plus, they didn't get me noted down for my big mouth and bad attitude!
The CO I had at the time was good to me, gave me three years of "Retention", during which I continued to train my replacements, as well as the usual lot of apprentices, I had a better than average idea, of the exact day my retirement would arrive! The day they kicked me out, they also put my Pension (29 years worth), directly into the "Indexed" pile!, so, life ain't so bad. Instead of waiting until I was 60+ to get indexed, I was indexed from the day they cut me loose!
Retirement needs to be seen in a number of lights. It can be in one fell swoop, both an end, as well as a beginning, as long as the recipient is willing to see it as such.
Yea, and in some places worse
some places the stud was all that was left, sill reduced to wood chips, and bottom few inches of the stud rotted, for the entire length of the wall, 26 feet or so
I had pictures, but I don't think I could find them anymore
We never did get anywhere near 2" in an hour. In fact, we still have not got 2" at all. We have 1.6" so far and I doubt we will get 2 when it's all blown over.
Still, 2" is a lot of rain in 24 hours.....
I've been watching the hurricane blow through with powerful interest. Soybeans drown pretty easily. Not much I could do about it but I can't help but keep an eye on it. It's a very different storm that's for sure. Over the last dozen years of farming, I've gotten pretty good at watching the radar for the normal rain storms and figuring out what's prolly gunna happen a few hours out. But a hurricane is a very different animal. About all I can do is try to predict where the eye will go. The winds circling the eye cause erratic weather to pop up and disappear unpredictably. It's fascinating to follow it! Not at all like normal front based low and high pressure weather.
Still drizzling here, but the beast itself is in Quebec now heading for New Brunswick.
Still, 2" is a lot of rain in 24 hours.....
I've been watching the hurricane blow through with powerful interest. Soybeans drown pretty easily. Not much I could do about it but I can't help but keep an eye on it. It's a very different storm that's for sure. Over the last dozen years of farming, I've gotten pretty good at watching the radar for the normal rain storms and figuring out what's prolly gunna happen a few hours out. But a hurricane is a very different animal. About all I can do is try to predict where the eye will go. The winds circling the eye cause erratic weather to pop up and disappear unpredictably. It's fascinating to follow it! Not at all like normal front based low and high pressure weather.
Still drizzling here, but the beast itself is in Quebec now heading for New Brunswick.
I took pictures.
What started it all was that I noticed that we had some water leaking through the cedar shingle roof so that prompted the roof replacement with sheathing and asphalt shingles. Once that was done I investigated further as to whether the leak had done any damage removing the inside cheap wooden panels on a 3 season porch built on the deck (without a permit turns out) before we bought the house.
Here's what it looks after I finished before the deck railing was replaced but after vinyl deck covering. It's that front corner on the right that was leaking and where the wood was rotten. But why?
Now that front corner of course sits on the deck sheathing and under the deck in the car port was a post pressed against a 4x4 that was perpendicular to the joists. And the sun room corner plus roof sat on the sheathing exactly between two joists.
So what happens if a large weight is put on 5/8" plywood supported on 16" centers at almost the halfway point between the joists?
It sags downwards and makes a perfect place for water from the deck to settle and rot the base plate.
The repair? Doubled up joists directly under the wall this time. Now the water flows away from the wall.