I'm not saying it's fancy, but it sounds like my sump pump pushes a very large amount of water away from the house.
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Estrellas scored three in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie, then held on to defeat Licey 4-3. Miguel Sano was 0-for-3, but had a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to bring home the go-ahead run. Lewin Diaz was 0-for-3. Yangervis Solarte was 1-for-2. Robinson Cano was 3-for-4 with two doubles. Esmil Rogers struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks, to get the win. Nefali Feliz struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits, for the save.
The best-of-seven series is tied 3-3, with the deciding game to be played tonight.
Seriously, we're the only house on the block with no snow in the yard (or across the sidewalk) because we've pushed so much water away from the house.
I'll admit that after observing the amount of time my dad spent maintaining and monitoring the sump pump, I don't feel like I'm a full-fledged homeowner due to my house not having / needing one.
On the other hand, our basement never floods, so I'm ahead by that metric.
Our first house, in Chambana, was the lowest-lying lot on the block, in a town with a very high water table.
Basement had a sump in a hole in the pored floor. Water would run across the floor to the sump, which then pumped it to a spot just outside the house. Where it probably ran back in....
In those days, we couldn't afford to trench around the house to install drainage tile and proper water-resistant membrane and wrap to the concrete-block walls. Not that we knew of that solution.
So we just had our washer and dryer (and furnace) up on blocks and only used storage that was up off the floor.
When we bought the house, the sump was connected to the sanitary sewer, which was illegal. And the plug cord for the pump was wound around the PVC pipe, which would vibrate wildly when the pump ran. We discovered this the first time the pump ran. It pulled the plug out of the outlet, so we had a couple inches of water on the floor.
Estrellas scored three in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie, then held on to defeat Licey 4-3. Miguel Sano was 0-for-3, but had a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to bring home the go-ahead run. Lewin Diaz was 0-for-3. Yangervis Solarte was 1-for-2. Robinson Cano was 3-for-4 with two doubles. Esmil Rogers struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks, to get the win. Nefali Feliz struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits, for the save.
The best-of-seven series is tied 3-3, with the deciding game to be played tonight.
Seriously, we're the only house on the block with no snow in the yard (or across the sidewalk) because we've pushed so much water away from the house.
I'll admit that after observing the amount of time my dad spent maintaining and monitoring the sump pump, I don't feel like I'm a full-fledged homeowner due to my house not having / needing one.
On the other hand, our basement never floods, so I'm ahead by that metric.
Our first house, in Chambana, was the lowest-lying lot on the block, in a town with a very high water table.
Basement had a sump in a hole in the pored floor. Water would run across the floor to the sump, which then pumped it to a spot just outside the house. Where it probably ran back in....
In those days, we couldn't afford to trench around the house to install drainage tile and proper water-resistant membrane and wrap to the concrete-block walls. Not that we knew of that solution.
So we just had our washer and dryer (and furnace) up on blocks and only used storage that was up off the floor.
When we bought the house, the sump was connected to the sanitary sewer, which was illegal. And the plug cord for the pump was wound around the PVC pipe, which would vibrate wildly when the pump ran. We discovered this the first time the pump ran. It pulled the plug out of the outlet, so we had a couple inches of water on the floor.
The prior owners were idiots.
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