Today the rains came. Actually it's been drizzling a little for the past few days, but today it rained much longer and harder than it has in a while. Before dinner, it sounded as if it was really coming down, so I looked out the back door from the dining room to see just how hard it was falling. That's when I noticed the gutter had pulled away from the house and water was heavily pouring out of the side. Alright, that will get me going, I'll call the gutter guy tomorrow.
Liz took a look for herself...and came away with wet socks. Hmm. Seems the water must be seeping in under the door. Like an entire foot into the house. Yikes. I put a bucket under the biggest drip to prevent it from hitting the house - that should do it. I went to the basement to see if this manifested itself in the ceiling. That's when I found this...
Not good. Going back upstairs, I passed by the TV and heard the weather man say we were in for heavy showers all night long. Really not good.
So I gritted my teeth, and went outside to fix the problem. Armed with a hammer, flashlight, and bucket I went to work. I found the the gutter was almost completely full of muck and leaves from stem to stern. That had pulls two nails that used to hold the gutter out of the house. I spent the next 15 minutes in the pouring rain scooping mud and leaves into a bucket, and every 2 minutes, climbing down the ladder to empty the bucket.
I'm pleased to say the gutter is flowing freely (at least the part I could reach from the deck), and it's reattached to the house. Liz put towels on the wet floor to soak up most of the water. I even pulled up the carpet. It appears as if this is new, since the floorboard seemed to be in good shape. Liz is out buying a fan now to dry out the floor faster. Here's hoping the gutter was the only thing causing the problem.
UPDATE: Appearantly, they don't sell fans around here in January. By "they" I mean Lowe's, Wal-mart, and Walgreens.
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