Mycell
might I suggest you get a anteater as a pet? seriously. where is your
pool pump located. does it set outside or is it in a pool house?
someone on this list might suggest a repellent to keep any further
giant ants away. Lee
On Tue, Apr 07,
2009 at 12:37:43AM -0400, Mycell Armington wrote:
> Hello All,
> Well, the saga of the grate floods of 2008 and 2009 at this point in time
> have been vanquished! Tah dah! After much evaluation and many floods later,
> My home now has a French drain! Some dear close friends looked at the latest
> mess on Thursday and came back again on Friday, since it was still raining on
> Thursday when they looked the first time. Friday a lot of the day was spent
> in evaluating the full issue and the possibilities and all the possible
> expenses. Well, on Friday the end result was that my fine friends decided
> that they would come to my house and fix the flood path completely. Materials
> were purchased by friends because they knew what was needed and; how much
> gravel, what length of piping, what type of piping, the covering for the
> piping and most of a plan and a promise and their word. I, my friends was
> wowed! I had to work on Saturday so I was gone and when I got home after 1:00
> p.m (the bus was late getting me home) my friend and his Dad were finished
> digging
> and about a third of the way through pouring the gravel and laying down the
> pipe. I assessed what these guys were doing. My friend is 41 and his almost
> 70 year old father who I'm here to tell you could out work us all. They both
> amaze me. Anyway, after the last flood of 10 inches in less than 24 hours I
> was definitely having issues with my bathroom facilities and was extremely
> worried about the weatherman's prediction of more rain on Sunday. That's why
> the guys decided to do it all on Saturday. I was told not to rome to far into
> my yard or this woman would fall deep into a ditch. I didn't like nor want to
> even contemplate those prospects and they would be keeping me posted and
> there would be regular updates. They left for a short break and then they
> both surprised me and said we're coming back and finishing the job. You don't
> need this mess any more! At that point I decided that I would at least fix
> them supper. So the feast was planned the cooking commenced. Totally easy r
> ecipes, which now they want. The job was finally done by about 6:30 Saturday
> evening and supper was ravenously eaten. I had told them I would pay for the
> supplies and they had agreed to just throw in the labor. I was totally
> shocked and immensely grateful and then on Sunday at church my friend said
> that he was picking up the entire expense of the job. 40 to 50 feet of pipe,
> all the gravel and the time and effort of the job and a whole day of
> dedicated time. Amazing people and wonderfully amazing friends. No floods
> came on Sunday, go figure! I just knew that would happen. But, guess what
> it's there and hurricane season is just around the corner.
>
> Thank you all for all the suggestions that appeared several months ago and I
> am so thankful for the counsel and encouragement on this list. Thank you also
> for the MP3 help and you know who you are for the hours spent in teaching me
> some basics. that MUVO is filling up fast! Well, on to the next project.
> HMMMMMM! Trying to master Skipe and maybe getting a magic jack. Oh yeh, I
> have to get a new pool pump motor for my 36 by 18 foot in ground pool. It's
> 10 feet deep and holds about 30,000 gallons of water. believe me when I say,
> it received the rain I had this past week well. I think it actually caught
> all the rain. Anyway, the motor in the pump was burned out due to ants, giant
> ants getting into the motor and corroding the 1 horse power motor. an
> estimate of $180.00 was given and total price for repair with new motor was
> $300.00 and that's a guestamate. That's probably the next project.
>
> Well, Thanks again, and on to the next adventure in home ownership and repair
> from this woman's prospective.,
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Mycell
>
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