On Friday, ABC Plumbing came by and installed a new sump pump after informing me that our sump pump had, in fact, died. Within an hour after installing the sump pump, the majority of the water had been pumped out of the downstairs. The only water that was left were two puddles in the two areas where the water first entered the family room and my office. It took about a half hour or so to vacuum up the remaining water.
People who have stopped by the house know, but for those of you who haven’t, the house is smelling quite funky right now. As you walk into the door, you’re hit with a strong smell of mold. I tried airing out the house for two days, but the smell just hasn’t left yet. For the next week we’ll be mopping to clean up the floor and hopefully get rid of most of the smell. I fear, however, that the big source of the smell is the crawl space. If it is, all the garbage in there has to get tossed, and soon.
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