An excess of water

A week ago I awoke to a slow drip of water landing on my pillow. I did wake a couple of time in the night noticing a damp pillow, only to past it off to a bad case of the night time dribbles. On rushing downstairs to grab a set of step ladder to check what was happening in the roof I walked into a small stream in the hallway. This was not coming through the ceiling but the front door...

This was surprising as we are not next to a river or stream. I suppose still being half awake, it was still dark and not thinking through what the consequences might be, I open the front door. A small wall of water greeted me and I very sharply slammed the door shut. The door seals were doing a very good job of holding most of the water back. On looking out I could see that the water was above floor level of the log cabin that is my Man Cave/Railway room.

The water had drain away by mid-morning but left us mopping up in the house and surveying the damage to the Man Cave. The carpet in the Man Cave was like a sponge, and anything that was on the floor and not in a plastic box was also sodden. During the next couple of days, a neighbour and I emptied the contents of the Man Cave into the neighbour's shed. The carpet was then removed. I bought a dehumidifier, set it up, and then left it running all week emptyng plenty of water each day. I'll be keeping it running all winter.

All now seems relatively dry so I've started to move stuff back into the log cabin. On the plus-side I'm taking the chance to sort thought and decide what needs selling or throwing away and luckily, nothing of great value has been damaged. On the downside I have lost valuable time on the Rospeath Lane build. 

Oh well I've still just over nine months to catch up...