Day 21

Oct 13th

On the 21st day, it rained, and rained, and rained, and then it rained some more....

Had a Good-news/Bad-news scenario today. First, the good news...Garth and guys did a great job securing the inside of the house from rain. They covered the holes and put plastic everywhere, so as far as we could tell, no water has entered the inside of the house!

As for the bad news (well we don't know if it is bad news yet - it might actually turn into good news), a large puddle has formed right where we have the root going through the foundation. I'm looking at this as a "glass half full" scenario as this is the perfect test for whether or not the treatment put around the root will actually stop water from leaking through the foundation.

During the installation of the foundation we had a little mishap where Karin put on the water sprinklers and a leak in line created a puddle near the root. The thing leaked like a sieve, causing me great concern. However, this happened 3 days before they were actually done prepping the root, so Garth talked me off the ledge. He also commented that there wouldn't be any scenarios where that area gets that much water anyway - I just laughed and said that actually, that's EXACTLY where the water puddles. Well...here we are, swimming in puddles. I'll be going under the house this weekend to see how the tree root prep worked and if in fact we did not get any water under the house. Cross your fingers.

As for the rain - it's supposed to subside by Thursday with clear skies for the following week, so we will get our new roof and the interior construction should be able to continue with little delay.

Here's a shot of our family room w/o the linoleum. I thought I'd take a shot with a real camera (as opposed to the iPhone image taken last night).

Looks like they completed removing all the linoleum in the kitchen as well!

Shot of the plastic draping over the side of the house by the new master bedroom. So far the winds have not blown it all of the house!

Never to let time waste, while it rained outside, Garth had the team put on the tar coating required at the bottom of all showers.

There's the plastic covering - so far, so good.

And here is the huge puddle of water - right above where the root enters the foundation. This will be an outstanding test of the root treatment. Question troubling me right now - what if it didn't work? Then what?

Here come the guys to try and divert the water away from the house. Karin was over earlier in the day, saw the puddling and immediately called Garth. The guys arrived shortly there after.