Project House-Falls-Apart

Nothing is simple anymore. Ok, maybe a slight exaggeration, but then again, maybe not.

We returned from MN to spend two vacation days here in WI. Yesterday we were going to clean out the garage..Project Garage has been on my list of things to do for over two years. Finally, it was going to be started, at least. Today, we were going to take the hour drive (more or less) to Devil's Lake, and enjoy the day hiking, maybe swimming, after a hard days' work at Project Garage. We were going to do these things...

Instead, we returned from MN to numerous spots of soggy carpet in the basement. Last week we had torrential downpours in Madison, including while we were gone. Apparently water came in through the walls by the downstairs window wells (because those walls are slightly wet as well), seeped through the floor...and left many soggy spots in the three carpeted rooms.

So yesterday, Project Garage turned into Project Move-All-the-Furniture-Out-of-Sho-and-Wich's-Rooms so Servicemaster could come pull the carpets. Sho is sleeping upstairs in the living room. Wich returns on Monday, and will probably have to sleep upstairs as well. Today, Servicemaster Guy (very nice) is pulling out baseboards, molding, and carpet...then he'll remove the soggy smelly padding from the floor. He will also somehow dry out the drywall. Which is so wet it's hard to pull nails out of the molding. Fun.

Hopefully on Wednesday, Carpet Place Person will come and lay new padding and the dried out carpet. Then Servicemaster Guy will return and clean those carpets.

Oh yeah.. this afternoon the sewer backed up into the downstairs shower. Gross. Servicemaster Guy tested that area with some kind of a moisture-o-meter, and has concluded the two issues are not related. So now we're waiting for Roto-Rooter Guy to show up either today or tomorrow to fix that problem.

Project Garage is slow-going at the moment. I'm thinking of putting up supports outside the house in case the walls fall down this week...