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Rep Retirement Lodge #131: Spring is here!

Rep Retirement Lodge #131: Spring is here!

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All of this rain and snowmelt sucks. I have water seeping in one of my spare bedrooms, like I expected would happen when it rains this much and the ground is froze/saturated. I didn't get time to regrade in front of the house before the snow came so it slopes down to the house. When spring comes and the ground dries up I'm going to have to dig down along the house, get the ground to slope away for a couple feet and install a tile line and pea rock system to get the water away. I was expecting all of this, but hoping I would be wrong. The carpet in that room needed to be replaced anyway so this will be good time to get that done.
 
bigblue_dl said:
All of this rain and snowmelt sucks. I have water seeping in one of my spare bedrooms, like I expected would happen when it rains this much and the ground is froze/saturated. I didn't get time to regrade in front of the house before the snow came so it slopes down to the house. When spring comes and the ground dries up I'm going to have to dig down along the house, get the ground to slope away for a couple feet and install a tile line and pea rock system to get the water away. I was expecting all of this, but hoping I would be wrong. The carpet in that room needed to be replaced anyway so this will be good time to get that done.
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Best of luck to you. I like your positive outlook on a negative situation. We've stayed dry in our basment thus far, but I'm nervous, our yard is now a lake. The river is going to rise again tomorrow, it' pretty nasty out right now again. Took me about 75 minutes to get from Prior Lake to Mankato tonight.

Goodnight everyone, hope all sleep well!
 
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bigblue_dl said:
All of this rain and snowmelt sucks. I have water seeping in one of my spare bedrooms, like I expected would happen when it rains this much and the ground is froze/saturated. I didn't get time to regrade in front of the house before the snow came so it slopes down to the house. When spring comes and the ground dries up I'm going to have to dig down along the house, get the ground to slope away for a couple feet and install a tile line and pea rock system to get the water away. I was expecting all of this, but hoping I would be wrong. The carpet in that room needed to be replaced anyway so this will be good time to get that done.
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Your house wasn't drain tiled? When was it built? (Although, you are on the great sand plains of Anoka county. So perhaps it was never done since the water should go through the ground like a sieve.)
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Your house wasn't drain tiled? When was it built? (Although, you are on the great sand plains of Anoka county. So perhaps it was never done since the water should go through the ground like a sieve.)
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And his house is odd enough where technically it has zero bedrooms. Which I find hilarious.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
So no egress windows?
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He's got full windows that you could crawl out of if you had to.
In other news, I am happy to be in one piece today. At around 4:30 on my drive from St Paul to the Iron Range, I lost control of the company truck and it fishtaled back and forth 3 times before I got it under some control and went off the shoulder into the ditch without hitting anything or even scratching the truck. Got out of the ditch without a tow and back on my way to Virginia. I pulled over at the next opportunity to pull all the muck and weeds out of the wheel wells and get my nerves back. I honestly thought the truck was going to roll when it first fishtaled. I was pretty much going sideways down the highway...Probably a good thing the roads were so horrible for a stretch instead of just a patch or my tires would have caught and I would have rolled a few times...scary few moments there.
 
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Shirtless Guy said:
He's got full windows that you could crawl out of if you had to.
In other news, I am happy to be in one piece today. At around 4:30 on my drive from St Paul to the Iron Range, I lost control of the company truck and it fishtaled back and forth 3 times before I got it under some control and went off the shoulder into the ditch without hitting anything or even scratching the truck. Got out of the ditch without a tow and back on my way to Virginia. I pulled over at the next opportunity to pull all the muck and weeds out of the wheel wells and get my nerves back. I honestly thought the truck was going to roll when it first fishtaled. I was pretty much going sideways down the highway...Probably a good thing the roads were so horrible for a stretch instead of just a patch or my tires would have caught and I would have rolled a few times...scary few moments there.
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JFC. I saw the status thingy, but didn't know the details! Glad you are okay!
 
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Happy Birthday Brian Gentry!

GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!! wobbly wednesday.
I have a massive migraine. back to bed. :(
 
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Morning!

Excellent weather we are having today. But on the bright side...

Tue 53, Wed 51, Thu 51, Fri 43, Sat 57, Sun 63

Of course, that is next week.
 
Re: Rep Retirement Lodge #131: Spring is here!

Shirtless Guy said:
He's got full windows that you could crawl out of if you had to.
In other news, I am happy to be in one piece today. At around 4:30 on my drive from St Paul to the Iron Range, I lost control of the company truck and it fishtaled back and forth 3 times before I got it under some control and went off the shoulder into the ditch without hitting anything or even scratching the truck. Got out of the ditch without a tow and back on my way to Virginia. I pulled over at the next opportunity to pull all the muck and weeds out of the wheel wells and get my nerves back. I honestly thought the truck was going to roll when it first fishtaled. I was pretty much going sideways down the highway...Probably a good thing the roads were so horrible for a stretch instead of just a patch or my tires would have caught and I would have rolled a few times...scary few moments there.
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:eek: Glad you're all right!

'Morning, Lodge. A dry airmass in Canada kept the super heavy snow away in the Twin Ports here, but things are apparently nasty just south of here. All I have to say is, "Thanks, Canada!"
 
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nmupiccdiva said:
:eek: Glad you're all right!

'Morning, Lodge. A dry airmass in Canada kept the super heavy snow away in the Twin Ports here, but things are apparently nasty just south of here. All I have to say is, "Thanks, Canada!"
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They also gave us hockey and Poutine!

That almost makes up for Celine Dion.... almost.
 
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Good Morning Lodge

Roads were ****ty, but traffic was surprisingly good considering the 3 inches of ice. Woke up with at least 10 inches of snow in the driveway. Hooray Spring!
dxmnkd316 said:
So no egress windows?
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Full sized windows. Its complete BS, and its why I'm in a 7 year in-house mortgage instead of a 30 year.
I don't know about the drain tiling, my guess is that it wasn't done, but there may be some there, just plugged or something. If it is there, it has been there for a long time, and that stuff doesn't work well when the dirt invades the pea rock. I'll find out whats there when I dig it up, because I'll have to do something.
 
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