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mellybrelly) wrote2010-01-11 11:19 am
mellybrelly) wrote2010-01-11 11:19 am
water, water everywhere
Last night I noticed our sump pump was making weird noises and running on a regular basis. Tim listened and said he thought it sounded strange too, but it was too dark to see anything. This morning I noticed it was still going, so I went out in my jammies and running shoes to shovel any leaves off the pump drain. I noticed that our mini barbeque was covered with a couple inches of ice and there was a sheen of ice on our sliding glass door, and half the stairs were like a skating rink. There were these weird fingers of ice poking up as well, couldn't figure out what was doing it.
All of a sudden the pump started and water came spraying out of the pipe. I guess the pipe cracked, so it's pumping the water, but it immediately comes spraying back out, so it's running constantly, coating everything in water, which is turning to ice. Lovely.
Tim's going to measure the pipes today and hopefully replace it. I hope it isn't sucking a bunch of electricity, running constantly.
You can see the thick ice on the wires for the sump pump..
ETA: picture of the water spraying
Couple more photos
From Reagan and Amelia's puppet show yesterday:
Bo, taking down one of our leaning trees..
All of a sudden the pump started and water came spraying out of the pipe. I guess the pipe cracked, so it's pumping the water, but it immediately comes spraying back out, so it's running constantly, coating everything in water, which is turning to ice. Lovely.
Tim's going to measure the pipes today and hopefully replace it. I hope it isn't sucking a bunch of electricity, running constantly.
You can see the thick ice on the wires for the sump pump..
ETA: picture of the water spraying
Couple more photos
From Reagan and Amelia's puppet show yesterday:
Bo, taking down one of our leaning trees..