Rainbows and roofing cement

You may have heard about the weather we had in northern Indiana (and other parts of the Midwest) last week… weather that spawned this:

(A giant rainbow streaked across the sky, as seen from our backyard.)

and this:

Tornado rips through LaPorte County
(A tornado that, incidentally, my husband drove through on his way to a performance in Chicago. I’m not even kidding.)

This weather system exacerbated a problem we inherited when we bought this house — water leaking into one section of our basement, through a gap between a pipe and the foundation. Although we (and previous owners) have tried to patch it up using various methods (putty and spray foam, to name a few), it obviously wasn’t working. So more drastic measures were needed.

The drastic measures involved a call to Everdry, who sent out a very nice guy who took one look at our problem and very honestly said “You can fix this yourself.” And then proceeded to tell us how.

First, he said, get some roofing cement.

Then, dig down to where the pipe extends out from the foundation.

Then slather the roofing cement inside the crevices and around the pipe and insulation.

Then, fill the hole back up.

Let’s hope this worked!