A mild day for anyone that had things to do outside. Yesterday, the last – and I mean the very last – of the job jar was taken care of. It didn’t take anything from Dennis and me other than signing the bottom line.
We had Complete Basements from Mankato put in the basement perimeter tile system in 2006, complete with the battery backup. Nick was here yesterday to do the annual check on it. If the annual visit is not done, it voids the lifetime warranty. The entire while Nick was working, he would need to trip it manually as the basin under the concrete basement floor was filling up fast and it needed to be emptied up and out onto the yard to the northwest.
The backup battery motor was kaput; seized up with calcium deposits. As Dennis and I know, the sump pump has to work hard with heavy rain, or as in this case, a lot of rain over several weeks before the ground had a chance to freeze. The sump pump is running more now that it had all spring and summer. A hit and miss of electrical services could see us again go glob, glob.
With a small home, we would be lost without two things: Dennis’ garage porch and my basement sewing area. It would mean us either building or buying a newer larger home.
Nope, this little compact home has and is all that we need. As it is, it does not maintain itself, we are just so thankful there is only so many square feet that need tending.