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mark090852 wrote: »

Taken while back county Jeeping near Telluride, CO

Colorado is the best. I just wish everyone would stop moving here. So many out of state plates... particularly TX. Go home and vote for your own recreational marijuana, we're crowded enough already.

txcoastal1 wrote: »

Hey now, some of us are ski'ers

That's true, for the out of state plates anyway. Still, there's a LOT of people moving here since we passed Amendment 64. Too many.

Is there not good hunting in TX? I've never been. One thing I miss about WI, the only thing, is the fishing. 90% of the "lakes" in CO are man made reservoirs that are artificially stocked. There's good trout fishing here if you're into fly fishing but that's about it. WI had Northern Pike, Muskie, Bass, Cat fish... so much better. Real lakes everywhere.

Great hunting in TX, 200+ lakes but only a hand full of natural lakes of size.
Just bass, cats, perch. I'm a bigger fan of coastal fishing...hence my moniker, but don't fish much anymore. I mostly hunt. Deer, turkey, ducks, goose, and dove

txcoastal1 wrote: »

Several of the thousands of oaks that were lost during hurricane Ike from the salt water poisoning have been carved in to art sculptures.


https://youtu.be/sWI7WvQ-PhM

Amazingly creative! Thanks for posting, Ron.

After reading Erik Larsen's "Isaac's Storm" several years ago, I'm more than a bit gun shy of Galveston in hurricane season.

That book is a coffee table book in our house, along with and Ike book. Isaac's storm is a scary reminder.

Well they raised the island, but Ike was a beast. The damage was never portrayed on the news as it actually was, hence the reason we moved off the island 8 months later. We're still in the zone as we didn't leave the county but when 85% the island flooded up to 17', time to go.

afishkind wrote: »

Brings me back to high school

He hasn't got any blue wires!
Doesn't take a trained eye to figure this one out.
PM the solution right away and send my regards.

Pot of gold? Taken this afternoon.

Came home to this......


Then to basement for...

Are both below ground ? If so, that's an issue of water around your foundation not flowing away from the house. Normally, depending on the grade of the surrounding landscape, drain tile is put in around the foundation and covered with wash stone so water doesn't build up or sit eroding and cracking your foundation.

Unfortunately, some contractors don't use wash stone or even just use dirt. If that dirt has clay in it, it's going to hold water and keep the drain tile from it's intended function. Also, refrain from planting anything with a heavy root system around your foundation as those roots will eventually clog any drain tile or impede the flow of water.

If you have downspouts from your roof gutters in the area, put extensions on them to get the water away from the foundation.

Well -- the thing about water (says Cliff Clavin) is that it's not compressible. If there is water trapped someplace, and more water comes to join the party, it will find a place to go; the path of least resistance.

Tony's scenario is the most likely, I would think --

but, optimist that I am, I'd also suggest making sure it's not coming down the walls from above. At least up here in New England, especially in older or not-so-well insulated (or not-so-well designed) houses, we get these nasty things known as ice dams. Heat from the house (attic) melts a little water at the interface between a snowy roof and the roofing material (shingles or what have you. A solid layer of ice forms -- but that water's gotta go somewhere. It's still not compressible (Cliff again ) so it goes up the roof and seeps back under the shingles from above. Then it usually wicks down the roof decking and thence down the wall.

Usually, of course, the seepage appears in the top story ceiling and/or at the ceiling/wall intersection.

Not sayin' it's likely -- just want to give you something else to worry about!

@Willow
The garage looks like you have snow built up against the perimeter of the house. Moisture wants to be pulled from cold to hot. My guess is there is a void in your sill seal (under bottom plate of wall) and water is infiltrating.
Run your snow blower around the garage to pull the snow away from the warmer object.

As for your basement, there could be a number of issues. Don't know the ground water height but did the builder roll on waterproofing on the exterior?
Are you experiencing warm days where the roof is melting and all runoff is building up at the foundation? Do you have a sump?

Oomph!
All the way into your basement? Notice any staining on the main living levels?