When the soil is completely saturated like that, there’s nowhere for the water to go, and if you have just a single pipe in the trench, it might have gotten an air bubble in it. Sounds like your sons’ bedrooms were in the basement, which means your Christmas gift to them got trashed 🙁 You’ve got the right attitude though! To make it easier on the kids, if age-appropriate, pretend you’re camping with them and your tent got flooded. Maybe you’ll have s’mores for dinner. And tell them you’re still fixing up their rooms for Christmas, just not quite the way you planned. Get some sleep!
AcadianCascadian t1_j1jp28e wrote
Reply to House flooded by sneakyfucker1977
When the soil is completely saturated like that, there’s nowhere for the water to go, and if you have just a single pipe in the trench, it might have gotten an air bubble in it. Sounds like your sons’ bedrooms were in the basement, which means your Christmas gift to them got trashed 🙁 You’ve got the right attitude though! To make it easier on the kids, if age-appropriate, pretend you’re camping with them and your tent got flooded. Maybe you’ll have s’mores for dinner. And tell them you’re still fixing up their rooms for Christmas, just not quite the way you planned. Get some sleep!