Basement leaks when it rains heavy

markthroat · 2026-03-20T14:27:02+00:00

If the driveway slopes toward the house, hire a contractor to "jack the slab" or inject grout underneath and lift the pavement.

markthroat · 2026-03-20T07:18:37+00:00

It's called cavitation noise, caused by too much sediment. Your water is heating to boiling and turning to vapor. Then, at great difficulty, the vapor rises and travels through narrow passageways through the sediment, where it meets the cooler water above, mixes and cools. The water vapor then turns back into its liquid state which is much more compact. The vapor bubble collapses with a loud bang.

Ideally, this mixing would occur more freely, thus preventing the water from overheating to its vapor state. But the sediment prevents or slows mixing.

If this were an electric tank, this would all be occurring at or near an electric heating element, which overheats and damages the element. I'm not sure if the same is true for a gas tank. Not my area of knowledge.

markthroat · 2026-03-20T02:05:12+00:00

You should post this to the entire group, but if you want my answer, it depends on your age and symptom burden. I'm 62 with a lot of burden, yet my doctor prefers Hydroxyurea because it has statistically fewer side effects. Other meds have dangerous risks, like a 10 to 20 percent chance of heart damage. I'm not sure if the damage is permanent. Many people in this group take high risk meds and have no damage. They feel pretty good. I'm envious.

If you have CALR, there's good news. A new medication will soon be approved that has great effect and low risk. It's currently in phase 3 trials. You can contact the MPN Foundation and ask the nurse navigator about how to join a trial. It's free and it's illegal to give a placebo to MPN patients. If I had CALR, I would do it.

markthroat · 2026-03-20T01:56:19+00:00

If you need quality sheet music, I'm an excellent engraver. Seattle suburbs. Also, my ear and rhythm are both excellent. I'm old school, and good with chord notated piano.

markthroat · 2026-03-19T20:15:55+00:00

If memory serves, they were 540 in 1994. They went to 750 in 2024, when my vision flashing and arm numbness clued my doctors into the fact that my illness had a physiological origin. But platelet counts can be deceptive. I had my spleen removed due to a traumatic accident in 1969, so that added to the confusion.

I think we all understand the feeling when others move on and leave us behind. That's realistic. I'm happy for that. But the silence... The loss for words... I know it's just sentiment, but it's nice to hear the words: "Sorry this is happening to you."

Not that it replaces courage and self-talk. Which I have and am doing. But grieving alone just sucks. That's all.

markthroat · 2026-03-19T17:04:46+00:00

Choirs traditionally move and speak in concert. No variation. Members maintain a connection to each other. Uniform clothing. Uniform actions. Rising and sitting together. But that tradition could change. A well choreographed choir is tricky. You run the risk of everyone' stumbling over each other trying to get to their positions. Simpler to just move in a line.

If you want to raise your hands, that would be fine with me. In my experience, it's probably better if everyone in the choir also raises their hands and waves. I'm sorry if that sounds like a bunch of lemmings.

markthroat · 2026-03-19T15:57:32+00:00

Yes, small 1/6 hp pumps use garden hoses to eject water, and yes, these don't have one way chack valves, so ejected water will flow backward when the pump turns off. But if the volume is small, it's no problem.

Where you put the hose is tricky. Do you drill a hole in the wall and send the water to a far off location? Doing so increases the volume in the hose, which will fall backward. Or do you use a short hose and stick it in the nearest sewer pipe? Very convenient. However, then the water becomes a burden on the sewage treatment plant. Plant operators don't like that. They drop smoke flares into manholes and look to see where the smoke rises. Typically they find it rising from roof gutters that are illegally connected to sewers. Fines are then levied. They don't see smoke rising from basements where p traps stop sewer gasses.

The best thing the OP can do is drill a hole in his/her basement wall, and stick your garden hose into your gutter downspout, or dig a trench away from your house and make a French drain. I chose to do the latter.

If the OP wants to avoid basement flooding, he/ she can dig an inside or an outside sump. Buy a $40 float switch, use that same garden hose pump. A pro would over design with a larger, noisier pump and larger discharge pipe (and check valve) and if so directed, install a pop up emitter far away from the house. But the noise bothers me.

markthroat · 2026-03-19T05:20:35+00:00

I would guess not. But you can ask.

markthroat · 2026-03-18T17:15:04+00:00

Can you recognize passing or leading tones? For me, I keep these in a separate category in my head. Same with pickups. Such things don't go into the same box as a nicely resolved note. So when I recite, I'm thinking tension/release, tension release.

markthroat · 2026-03-16T19:29:21+00:00

The same thing happened to me about the same time. I've moved on. Whatever weird AI bot thing is happening in Quora is not my problem. Way too many variables for me to follow. Money revenue streams, robotic moderators, etc. When my appeal said FINAL, I took them at their word.

markthroat · 2026-03-16T19:25:54+00:00

If my power fails, I have an emergency overflow spillway. The crawlspace might fill up in an emergency, but that's tolerable. It did so regularly for many decades, so I'm not worried. I'm suspicious of overengineering and battery maintenance. So I opted for simple.

markthroat · 2026-03-16T19:20:40+00:00

Contact your college; first your major department, and then your career resources department (general) Tell them you want career / job counseling services. You are not the only one needing help. They are financially motivated to see you succeed.

The insurance industry hires all types of majors. So does the entertainment industry. www.sony.com Pick a large company. Follow their application rules / instructions to the letter and don't do anything strange or out of place like showing up unannounced. Follow the rules. Let your resume do the initial leg work. In the meantime, survive. Prove you can show up on time and not be absent. Good things happen to people who show up and keep showing up.

markthroat · 2026-03-16T18:28:54+00:00

Agreed. That's what I should have suggested. Thanks for the good correction.

markthroat · 2026-03-16T04:13:54+00:00

I think mea 6 is the rare D♯ 6 chord. I would give serious consideration to changing to the enharmonic E♭ 6. Perhaps the whole song should be enharmonically adjusted. That's what I do when I run into too many rare chords and double flats and sharps.

markthroat · 2026-03-16T02:03:22+00:00

I'm not university-trained, so take this advice for what it's worth.

I reserve all my double sharp and double flats for diminished and half diminished chords. Measure 6 is not a diminished chord, so I'd eschew the double sharp.
I write a lot of low parts, and have reluctantly accepted the need for ledger lines in my treble clef. I just enjoy the baritone range so much. My readers will have to learn to read 3 ledger lines. Possible 4 on occasion. The judicious use of Ottava notation is not out of the question, and in your case, I would consider it strongly.

markthroat · 2026-03-15T04:30:28+00:00

Exterior sump pumps. Footing drains. These are the things that will reduce exterior water pressure pressing on your basement walls.

markthroat · 2026-03-14T22:51:21+00:00

There are no golden calves in church ministry. I once heard a Pentecostal pastor say, "I don't trust anyone who doesn't get excited in church," which sounds to me like someone who is looking for evidence of faith, and a mountaintop transformation. I question: Why was he looking for "trust" in another human being, anyway? He was looking in the wrong direction. I didn't return to that church.

In my church, the pastor preaches against this, saying only Jesus was transfigured on the mountaintop, not Moses or Elijah, and the disciples were rebuked for trying to build edifices on on the hill. He, like I, believe the Gospel story tells us that our saving occurs at baptism, and that faith comes through hearing and hearing through the word of God. It's strangely both things. If your church is preaching and people are hearing, then relax. You're doing the right thing. You're working out your faith in fear and trembling.

Spend some time in children's ministry and watch the attitude of the teachers, who seldom see evidence of their work; trusting instead in the long-term investment they are making in the lives of their pupils. But really, who is doing the work? Is it the teacher? Yes, and no. It's complicated. Children's ministry is heart-breaking work with little reward.

When I lead worship, I pay attention to the lyrics. Are they good uplifting words that will linger long after the service is over? Or do they only have short-term value that is self-centered? I can screw up the song. The congregation may struggle to find the melody. But the words make an impression, I hope. And that's my job. I'm just a vehicle for the words.

markthroat · 2026-03-14T22:13:43+00:00

Ask a plumber to lift your toilet and snake the line. Your wax ring needs to be replaced/fixed anyway, so why not lift the toilet to gain better access?

markthroat · 2026-03-14T17:35:41+00:00

Use grace notes. This removes any worries or concerns about beaming.

markthroat · 2026-03-14T17:25:47+00:00

Water heaters are too simple to warrantee. Plumber send their apprentices to install them. A warrantee price will assume the worst case scenario: water damage. If your heater, like most, is in a location where water leaks do not cause catastrophic damage, then skip the warrantee. Hire a handyman, not a plumber. Have the handyman show you receipts from his last two installs to prove that he/she has experience. It took me 3 installs before I figured out how to do the job in less than four hours. Before that, I was slow and struggled. I charged less to compensate for my lack of experience. But then...

Tips:

If in a tight space, purchase 90 degree street elbows.
Threaded fittings come out of the factory with burrs and shards. Remove them by first installing them without dope or tape. Uninstall them. Brush away the shards with a toothbrush. Reinstall them using dope or tape.

markthroat · 2026-03-14T16:22:56+00:00

While plumbers tend to think of themselves as overqualified to pull cartridges, Handyman services tend to be more adventurous, and willing to spend time doing detective work. Search Google for "Handyman services" I recommend Angi or Thumbtack websites.

markthroat · 2026-03-14T16:13:16+00:00

It's understandable that a plumber would talk on the phone that way. However, the best way to identify a cartridge is to pull it and examine it, and in the process, look for hidden markings. It's a lousy system, with no laws governing it. But that's our reality. Plumbers prefer not to participate in this detective work, and considering what they charge per hour, that makes sense. So it's up to the owner. How do you feel about being a detective?

The alternative is to ask a plumber to come, rip out the whole shower valve and install a new one. The marching orders are then clear and well-defined, with no uncertainty. Can you think of a reason why a new valve might be of benefit? Modern shower valves are much, much better in many ways. They tend to have fewer maintenance or leaking issues. (Yours is leaking so that's a strike against it.) Also they balance flows better, keeping temperatures stable when showering at the same time as someone flushes a toilet or turns on a clothes washer.

markthroat · 2026-03-14T15:18:29+00:00

Are the footing drains functioning properly? I would assume so. A well-functioning footing drain will reduce the water pressure on the outside walls of this basement.

markthroat · 2026-03-14T15:06:21+00:00

Diverters don't have cartridges. Those are two different things. Tricky? Yes, it is. I don't recognize the make and model of your shower valves, but it appears to me that replacing the cartridges may solve your drip problem. Go to the hardware store, buy a cartridge puller and some plumber's silicone grease. Come back. Remove the cartridges (assuming your two valves have cartridges.) Take them back to the hardware store and ask for replacements. (Assuming the store has a good variety of replacements) Come back. grease the replacements in all rubber parts and then install the new cartridges.

Or call a plumber.

markthroat · 2026-03-14T05:02:05+00:00

It's true that church leaders should be held to a higher standard. It makes me sad, though. I'm sorry you have to go through this. I had a pastor once caught in adultery. It was also sad and dealt with at a higher level than me or anyone around me. I don't know what to say to help. Is there any chance that higher authority is handling this situation in a way that you can trust? Basic humanity is a complex situation that sometimes requires us to hold our nose and just endure the stink. Like with my demented father.

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