Well, That Was Easy!

The drainage guy showed up this morning with some flexible drain pipe and sand bags. He exposed the clean-out for the underground pipe to the ocean, dammed the stream with sandbags and used the pipe to divert the stream into the clean-out. The stream down the bank and into the gravel immediately ceased.

We are expecting a week of continuous rain, with the remains of the Japan typhoon hitting us by the weekend, It is going to be very wet! He will be back next week, probably during a lull in the storms to install the basin. That will be a dirty, wet job.

On the other front, our roof guy was here yesterday to look at the suspected roof vent. He could not see any way the rain could blow in but he did add some sealant around it. We will monitor the stain on the ceiling and hope for the best.

This is the hole Norma and I dug in the middle of the night last week. It is about six feet long and a foot and a half wide. It doesn't look like it but 90% of the water flowing into it is being handled and is making it's way into the drain pipe.

This is the sandbag dammed stream and the drain pipe that was installed this morning. Hopefully it will handle the heavy rain scheduled for the next week or so. The concrete slabs you see was my "sort of" successful attempt to add a soothing waterfall sound to the stream. Now I just want the water GONE!