[quote]PeteS wrote:
Water tables are just that high from the rains this year, it all just came up from the ground. No, insurance will not cover, so this really sucks…[/quote]
OMFG!! What a kick in the face that is. I do not get how insurance companies can do that crap. You pay your premiums every month/year, what ever, and they can just decide it’s not their problem.
never selected flood insurance. I am 1.5 miles from nearest river (Missippi) and 1/2 from nearest lake. Shouldn’t be an issue. Friday night/Saturday morning there was a 25 minute period where abotu 8 inches of rain were dumped on us… ground just couldn’t handle it.
Man Pete that is terrible. Sorry to hear…
well, tonights training will consist of more demolition 
pissed, losing days in training, and the stress of having roughly 50% of my house messed up is not helping me none either…
Pete, in case you haven’t seen this yet, here’s Jake’s 909 & 920 bench. The 920 looks smoother than the 909. It was a specatacle to see.
Sorry to hear that coach, that sucks
bad news on the basement Pete. Make sure your sump pit is large, or you’ll be listening to the pump all the time.
OK, recap of last few days:
Woke up Saturday, went to go grab gym bag out of basement to go bench, walking down the stairs see a laundry basket go floating by.
Between Saturday and Sunday bailed out at least 600 gallons of water, toar up about 500 sq feet of flooring, and moved possessions to garage, upstairs, or put on blocks. Whole period could barely eat, due to heat and stress.
Woke up Monday to go to work, commensed projectile vomiting. This proceeded through the whole day until I could finally hold down some Greek yogurt, some grapes, and a grilled cheese.
Tuesday made it into office, worked nine hours, then back home to resume removal of old flooring, got about 250 sq feet up plust additional clean up. Gave up on trying to save carpeting, discovered despite industrial dehumidifier it was still holding tons of water and causing lots of stink. Removed carperting and old tile underneath.
Now today, got up early and made it in for 7 a.m. meeting. Got a break and FINALLY GOT TO GO TRAIN:
DE bench 9 x 3 w/205+ dbl minis, 3 grips
Pulldowns 9 x 10, v-grip, rev grip, wide
Incline Dumbell 90s,110s,130s x 10
dips 4 x 20
hammer curls 4 x 10
over head extension 3 x 10
rope down/extension 3 x 15 each
cable curl 4 x 15-20
laterals 40s,50s,60s x 10, then drop set 60s x 8,50s x 6,40s x 9,35s x 11,30s x 12
face pulls 4 x 12
rev curl 3 x 12
wrist curl 3 x 15
all in a bout an hour, lots of sweat. tonight more basement demo/clean up.
decided right now would be a good time to refinance and also set up some interviews for a new job.
Some weeks are just like that.
Hope you’re on the upswing now.
That’s one hell of a week you’ve had. Sounds like you’re taking it really well though and at least you got to train. Good thing your gym isn’t in your basement.
james
Sorry about the flooding.
Why are you thinking about a new job?
Just to make things better I got a call last night that Mom has been checked into a psych unit. She has been battling depression for a few years now, since my sister passed. Not a big surprise, and as she has shut herself off from the rest of the family it is very frustrating.
James, well, the basement was my cardio area. Darn, won’t be able to do as much of that for awhile.
Git, I am working as a project manager. This project wraps up around the end of the year, want to make sure I have something queued up by then. Plus try to go for a salary bump. Posted my resume the other day and am getting lots of calls this time around.
On a positive note I spent several hours just cleaning up and organizing the basement last night. Removed dust, through out more crap, shop vacced, etc. Cleared my head a little and now it feels more like a pending project, less of a disaster. Still have a day of demo and clean up, which will be this weekend. Get to squat tonight.
well, shit, at least you get to squat tonight
Dang Pete, hopefully this will chear you up a bit. Best of luck with everything.
dday, one of my all time favorites, thanks.
Sorry to hear that Pete. Mom has been committed several times since I was a young kid so I hope it goes smoothly for you guys.
I know this isn’t “This old house” – but I put one of these in my sump hole as a backup – they are really great. Pricey, but I sleep better knowing I have it:
Battery backup – sounds alarm if power goes off.
Runs pump once a day, and sounds alarm if pump fails.
When used as a backup pump, sounds alarm if pump ever engages.
Monitors the water level in the battery and sounds alarm if low.
Can run on battery for 24 hours continuously, or 2 weeks intermittently.
Can wire multiple batteries in parallel for more time if needed.
Continuously charges battery (deep cycle) for when power goes off.
Monitors charge on battery, and tells you how many hours of operation are available based on charge.
If plumbed correctly, can operate along with the main pump, for that rarely needed double pump situations.
Damn, I sound like a salesman.
[quote]PeteS wrote:
Dday, it’s a disaster, three inches of water across entire floor, been pitchforking up old flooring for last couple of days, while also contracting some flu like thing. Yesterday all I could hold down as a bit of yogurt, some grapes, and a grilled cheese. Now up and off to work, and gotta figure out drain tile, sump, and new flooring for basement. And still tear up another 300 sq ft of old floor or so.[/quote]
Pete,
Before I became a trainer I worked as a Water restoration Crew Chief.
any questions feel free to call me. I will pm you my phone#
Rick
Rick,
Actually ended up hiring a guy on Saturday to pump water (my measly shop vac couldn’t touch the 600 gallons) and he did the whole industrial dehumidifier and high powered fan thing. He also went around with his moisture detector and the walls were within the ‘safe’ range by EOD Saturday. The main thing that is toast is the flooring, which was old and ugly anyway.