About 2 months ago my daughter was having a rough end to the day so instead of doing the usual clean up before heading upstairs I just brought her up for supper and an early bed. Later that night I went down to do the tidy up and noticed water coming in the basement window! It was pouring rain at the time and we were having a major heat spell that was melting snow. The water was coming in the window itself as the window well was not draining fast enough.

It was Friday and the only reason I noticed it before Monday morning was because my daughter was acting up and I changed our routine!! Because I noticed it right when it started I was able to get the wet vac out. My husband went outside and took care of it from that end and we went and rented a industrial humidifier that I ran for 36 hrs. We got it all taken care of very quickly. There was never too much water because we stopped it before it could get worse.

Had we not found it Friday night we likely would have had to tear out the drywall and the carpet due to mold. So, so, so happy my daughter made us go up early that day therefore making me go down right when the problem started.

We now are spending $2,000 to have the window well redone. It was something we had planned to do anyways since that one had some signs of needing to be replace we just hadn't planned to rush it. Now we will get a larger window well which is not only let extra light in but will allow for even easier exit should we ever have to go out the windows. We could all fit out the windows now but I'd have to go out at a certain angle to bend the right way!

I can't imagine what we'd have done if we didn't catch this on Friday and we went down there on Monday to find a soaked basement! Our daycare is completely in the basement aside from napping in the upper bedrooms. We are not set up to have the kids on the main floor. I guess we would have made it work by bringing up some toys and furniture.