Jim, just be glad you were home to catch the basement flood. if you
had been gone w/a faulty sump pump, and more wather coming in, you
could have lost a heck of a lot mroe than just carpet and some dry
wall. 20 years ago I was in the same situation, only it rained for
about three days, and when I got home, the basement had 3 feet of water
in it.

And it kept raining. I waded through and set a sump pump up and
anchored it with some cement blocks, ran the outlet tube out through a
basement window, and ran an extension chord to an outlet in the garage,
I wasn't going to plug it in while standing in water! That pump ran for
a good two days, and cycled every 10 minutes for the next three.

EVERYTHING in thebasement was lost. 19" color TV, washer , dryer, pool
table, some of my wifes antiques, complete with ancient ceramic doll
collection... gone.

There is one, so if you can look on the bright side.
JimH wrote:
First the episode with the ignition switch on my son's car...$650

Next the boat engine overheats and who knows what that will cost.

My wife calls me downstairs at about 9:30 this morning to find our basement
flooded. The sump pump died and we had torrential rain all night. Our
basement is finished and all the carpeting and baseboards are lost, perhaps
even the lower course of drywall.

Well I just got done installing a new 3/4 hp 4,800 gph unit and I have to
wait to let it do it's job. More rain is on the way.

What a wonderful holiday weekend. What a great vacation.

What's next Lord? Come on......what's next!!