Not all fun and games...

Remodeling an older home is .... well.... not all fun and games. We've gotten use to taking an extra trip or two to Home Depot / Lowe's for each project after we're sure we got everything the first time. We're getting use to whenever you're ready to call a project done there is always one last streak of paint that needs to be sanded down. Sometimes it does feel like its more of one step forward and two steps back, but what we were not at all prepared for was what we found in our basement last weekend.

Ogden has had a good amount of snow thus far this winter. The snow wasn't a bad thing. What did us in was the two days of serious RAIN that we got last weekend that melted the snow and then over saturated the ground. There was a crack in the exterior wall, and it just couldn't take it.

It spread throughout the man-cave and into the hall:

And ran along the footing on the north wall of the man cave to take over the utility closet.

Fun, huh??

As the water was seeping under the tiles, all of the tiles were ripped out so there wouldn't be any mold issues. (no worries, those tiles wouldn't have stayed with us regardless).

Removing the titles didn't stop more water from coming in though.

Fortunately the rain turned back to snow on Sunday afternoon so we got the water under control. Terry then took to digging outside on Monday and Tuesday to figure out what was going on. That is when the crack was found.

Before this came up, we were about half way done with laying tile in our front bathroom. Its looking great, and when that is done we'll have one room complete! Exciting room reveals are now taking a back seat to stopping water damage. This house is nothing if not and Adventure!