Sometimes It Is Nice To Rent

One recent Sunday morning I walked downstairs to the basement and I noticed something unusual in the window well. Upon closer inspection I discovered 2 to 3 inches of water pooling in the window well. As I was standing there I also realized my slippers were getting wet. I called to Brad and informed him of the problem. As we were trying to figure out what to do, we realized, "Hey, this isn't our problem. Let's call Jake!" I couldn't help but breathe a sign of relief that we didn't just buy a house with water damage.

We made a speedy call to the owner of the house as we tried to do what we could to discover why this was happening. We had had heavy rains that night (the first since we had lived in Idaho) and I realized that the rain gutter was dumping the water just to the right of the affected window. I found a tube that I used to divert the water away from the window until Jake could take a look.

When Brad and Jake pulled back the carpet they found a river of water running right into the basement under the carpet. They bailed the water out of the window well and set up fans to dry out the carpet.
It took a while to dry everything out and the water had seeped much further into the family room then originally thought (I had to pull the carpet back much farther than what is shown in the pictures). I used a dehumidifier to help get rid of that damp, musty smell that comes following problems like this. It appears that this has happened before and Jake is working on making sure it doesn't happen again.

Hopefully, it won't happen again...at least while we are living here.