Came home to a little basement flood

[popper]

we paid the extra charge for a late night visit when our AC went out

yea, did my AC repair this morning, new run cap - 15 yrs on the old one isn't bad. Granger wants 2x the Amazon price but $50 fix is OK with me. Unfortunately, it was 100 + yesterday and 2 GKs came to visit. Woke them this morning, they were under blankets! Tough little buggers. Real pain (sore back) was carrying the freon jug from the garage to the other side of the house. Be safe and get a spare cap for yours - AC usually quits when the store is closed and EM calls aren't cheap.
Yes, the movie 'money pit' with Chevy Chase was pretty correct.

[dragon813gt]

I know it's different in the South. But AC isn't a necessity here. Heat in the winter absolutely is. I hated late night no AC calls. Window units are cheap and everyone should have them for your bedroom at a minimum. If you have make sure you have units for their rooms as well. W/ them costing less than $100 per unit it's cheap insurance. I'm beyond glad that I no longer deal w/ residential on call. People expected way to much and always complained about the price.

[JWT]

I'll take a condensate or sump failure over this any day. Had 2ft of sewage in my basement in 2014.

[GhostHawk]

A gallon!

Try 18" deep in the whole basement because the power went out in the middle of a downpour.

2 years later I was still cutting out bad sheet rock. Good news is all the electrical was above that, way above it. Mostly the real stuff we wanted to not get damaged was in rubbermaid tubs and was all fine. A few cardboard boxes of junk to throw away.

You got a very light easy first lesson.

[Remiel]

Believe me I understand, with all the rain this last weekend in NY I woke up to this, I have owned my home for 3 months.

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[MaryB]

Remodeling, once you start you never finish...

[jimlj]

I'll take a condensate or sump failure over this any day. Had 2ft of sewage in my basement in 2014.

Had the same thing Dec 2014. I have pictures that look just like yours. $30,000 later I have a re-finished basement and truck loads of less stuff I learned didn't matter. Before the first piece of sheet rock went in, I put a back flow valve in to prevent it in the future. A few gallons of your own mess is nothing compared to thousands of gallons of city sewer.

[mold maker]

That kind of disaster is more common than you might think. Back flow valves should be required with city sewer. The added cost is trivial considering what it can protect from.
When my both homes were built it was common to have basement floor drains empty into the sanitary sewer which can be a recipe for disaster. A large pill bottle that (a child played with) got into an uncovered floor drain and there was over 5'' of muddy water in what had always been a dry basement.
It was caused by a 100-year record storm.
Guess what happened a week later. This time, in the other house, a floor drain allowed 4" of sewer to back up from a clogged city sewer. There were water proof tote boxes floating everywhere, but no loss.

[DerekP Houston]

I know it's different in the South. But AC isn't a necessity here. Heat in the winter absolutely is. I hated late night no AC calls. Window units are cheap and everyone should have them for your bedroom at a minimum. If you have make sure you have units for their rooms as well. W/ them costing less than $100 per unit it's cheap insurance. I'm beyond glad that I no longer deal w/ residential on call. People expected way to much and always complained about the price.

What's this "heat" you talk about? I could do without that entirely . Sad thing about window units is the HOA won't allow them if you can see them from the street. I have a spare running in the living room to help during the hottest months but 30f under ambient is still hot some days. Don't know how yall do it but I can't sleep if I'm sweating. My wife and kiddo disappeared the night of the repairs to the hotel.

[dragon813gt]

Sad thing about window units is the HOA won't allow them if you can see them from the street.

This is why I hate HOAs and will never live where I'm subject to their rule. That's one of the stupidest rules I've heard of. Especially w/ the weather being what is where you live. If my AC went out and I had to put a window unit in temporarily I would do so regardless of what the HOA "allows".

The climate here is semitropical even though I'm pretty far north. High 90s w/ 90%+ humidity is the norm from July through early September. I grew up w/out AC. It was uncomfortable at times. But it's not the end of the world. Don't have central in my house even though HVAC is my trade. Age of house is one reason why. But it's also not a necessity.

[MaryB]

Get one of the portable units that ducts heat to a small window insert. Doesn't stick outside at all. Makes a nice emergency A/C that can be used in any room with a window.