DAY 15 - DISASTER STRIKES AGAIN!

The day started out uneventful. The roof was "completed" and tied into the existing roof. Tyvek was wrapped where the flooding issues from Friday happened and in preparation of the new siding going on.


Then around 5pm it started to rain again. Somewhat heavy. No leaking in the family room so that issue appears to be solved (though we are still waiting to hear from the builder on what he's going to do). Later that night, around 8pm I went down to the basement. Here's what I found.



Water came in this window and flowed down the wall.




Here's where I think the culprit is. This small portion of the existing roof had the gutter removed. Water looks to have run down this slope....



...then the water pooled in this spot....



...went through the vent that we were required by the municipality to put in...



...and straight into the window.



It's an old window and not sealed very well. When it was a window well, we never had any issues with it, but since they've removed the well and done some work, well... you get the picture. We also needed to move the fridge and freezer we have down there so the plumber can get to work, so guess this just made us do it sooner.

Water leaked into a couple of rugs/carpet remnants we had down. Hung those up to dry and we'll see if they can be saved. Checked this morning and the de-humidifier and fan we had running all night seemed to soak up a lot of it.

Don't know what the builder will do (or even if he's willing to) since nothing got damaged. However, this is twice now and they are calling for rain just about every day this week. He better do something.