I live in Homer Glen, IIllinois, which is in Will County. My home is 30 years old and I have terrible flooding problems. My flodding problems are not the fault of the Village of Homer Glen. This home was issued a building permit and occupancy permit by Will County Land Use Dpeartment. I cannot believe this home passed inspection, not only do I flood terribly but there are other serious issues with the construction of the home that I won't go into now. I'll save those for another post.
We had some rain this morning. It wasn't terribly bad but it poured and was it thundering and lightening out. Reilly was freaking out. :::rolling eyes::: He drives me nuts when he is like that. I woke up a little after 4 AM to a paw on my face, his rear on my chest and him shaking life a leaf in the wind. He is such a baby!
It was warm this morning, about 62*, and I love sitting in the garage watching the rain come down and that is what I did. After I finished my coffee, I grabbed a rake and did my usual rainy day routine and that is to move the earth around in the front landscaping to make a path for the water to flow down stream and out of my yard. If I don't do this, it will eventually begin to run into my basement. Last year I flooded repeatedly in my basement - replaced two water heaters because of it. Almost 4 years ago, it flooded so bad, the force of water blew out my basement window wells! My boyfriend at the time had one of his employess come and clean up the mess and debris in the basement. The excavation job was very poorly done and when it rains, the water ponds up in the back until it gets high enough and then it moves to lower ground, which happens to be my basement! Here's a few picture's of my flowing river of water. It looks like this whenever it rains. We didn't get that much rain either this morning (maybe an inch or so) and this is nothing compared to what happens when it really is raining hard! The clean up everytime it rains is such a pain too, especially when it rains a lot.
In the image above, the water is coming from a flooded area in the back yard. It gets backed up here unless I make a river path for it to run down.
Above: Here is my river path.
Above: Running out of the makeshift river bed onto the sidewalk.
Above: The water pouring off the path and onto the sidewalk hitting the edge of the parkway.
Above: From the edge of the parkway, gravity takes it down the driveway and into the street. It is such a mess!
Above: This is the area in the back yard that ponds and eventually will spill into my basement if there is too much rain which is what happened 4 summers ago this July.
The MESS it leaves behind below:
29 comments on My House in Homer Glen Il Floods - Will County
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kb0913
said 1 years ago
[GLARE] So Sorry about your water problem. [THUMBDOWN][HEART]
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gaillav2006
said 1 years ago
[SMILE] This is from Gail Not Lissa, she didn't log out.[THUMBDOWN]
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
LOL. Thanks, GAIL! [SMILE] Yeah, it's a pain in the butt! There's some extensive work that needs to be completely to alleviate the problem. One day. [BLUSH][SMILE][HEART]
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ivebeendelphid
said 1 years ago
Grab your LTHS Kayak![TONGUE]
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
Tiki laughed with me on that one!!![LOL][THUMBUP][LOL]
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thumper
said 1 years ago
Wow. I'm so sorry to hear that. [SAD] What are you going to try next?
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
It will require dirt moving and digging and burying drain tiles.... an ugly mess!
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thumper
said 1 years ago
could you use river rock and do a drainage that way? Like a dry river bed only in your case not so dry.
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
Ues, that's a good idea but the problem with that is that the mulch ends up washing into it. I tried that before and eventually, it gets packed into the soil and is covered by mulch. The only real way to solve it for good is with drain tile or re-excavating the property which is NOT going to happen. Around the landscaping in the front and along the south side of the home running the drain tile will not be such a huge problem but alone the north and east sides where the serious problem is, it's a huge undertaking. Oh, well, such as life. [SMILE] Thanks for the suggestion though![THUMBUP][HEART]
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maggiemae
said 1 years ago
What a pain...the rain...[SAD][GLARE][HEART]
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
I actually love the rain, just don't care too much for flooding and icky acky mess![ROLLEYES]
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wandaful
said 1 years ago
[SAD]It is so depressing, when you clear up one mess, knowing full well you will be receiving another, in the perhaps, not to distant future. thats what it is like here during the rough weather. Fortunately, i do not live right on the shore line, but even so, it is annoying![HEART]
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
It's a pain but it doesn't have to be. If we would develop accordingly, these instances wouldn't be such a problem. I'll be able to work with this and make it right, it's jsut that this shoujld have been done when the house was first built. Well, whatever, I don't want to get on a roll. You live by hte coast - that's nice! [SMILE][THUMBUP][HEART]
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wandaful
said 1 years ago
[HEART]
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fugazi
said 1 years ago
I had that problem a couple years ago in a house I lived in, we were able to solve the problem by adding about a foot of dirt around the entire house so that the water would run downhill away from it, lot of work, but it worked[SMILE][SMILE]
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
I wish it were that easy for me. I sit on a hill so the water does run away from the house, for the most part but unfortunately, there is a gully in the middle, right where my house sits![OHMY]
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yaoling
said 1 years ago
Our front yard looks like that several times a year but now we are moving YEAH!! (and hopefully there won't be similar problems there) Luckily you were home to make the path for the water.
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
Hey, congrats on the move to a new home!!![THUMBUP][HEART][THUMBUP]
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beabea
said 1 years ago
I feel your pain. We had to install drain tiles after living in our house for about a year. I think the back door to our basement must be the lowest point in the neighborhood.What a pain![THUMBDOWN][HEART]
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
That's a lot of diggin and I'm NOT looking forward to it![THUMBDOWN]
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MentalHealthRN
said 1 years ago
what a mess! We live on a bluff and about 6 streets are on the side of it. We had a neighbor complain about our drainage going in their yard. Well, water runs downhill and we get it from the neighbors behind us. However, we did put in a few french drains and I regularly use a hoe and dig around areas that get stopped up. [WINK]
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
Total mess. Mmmm...living on a bluff. That sounds quite nice![THUMBUP][HEART][THUMBUP]
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benedicts
said 1 years ago
That's really ironic. We live on a small bluff that overlooks the Robinson River. The river is actually a small creek, a mountain stream, but when it floods, it grows to about 1/4 mile in width and rushes and roar like the mighty Volga. But with all the water, there's never been any in this house. It's been on an island, with the river all around it, but water does not get quite high enough to get in the house. And there you are, miles from a body of water, and with a flood problem. Makes no sense.
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
Well, if the dingledork who engineered the project put a wee bit of thought into the fact that the street (all impermeable pavement) behind my house (to the east) and the ground level adjacent to the ditch which is adjacent to my lot line has a higher elevation than the center of my back yard, and the north portion of my lot has a higher elevation than the center of my back yard, and the south...well, you get the point. doh![HUH] Your location sounds fantastic![THUMBUP]
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elfie33
said 1 years ago
Is there not anything that the city can do to help with this??
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
Possibly. I'm sure I can resolve the situation with drain tiles - it's just doing it![THUMBDOWN][HEART]
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rlmoore
said 1 years ago
You have already spent a lot of money in new water heaters, windows etc. and will probably spend more. Can you create a pond in your yard? I do not have such bad flooding, but I just like water gardening with cattails, lilypads and such. The dogs also enjoy taking a dip.You could take a negative and turn it around .
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whereabouts
said 1 years ago
GMTA Robin! That's exactly what I plan to do! [THUMBUP][THUMBUP]
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southwesterngrad
said 1 years ago
We had a flooding problem at our first home, so my husband and I took bricks, drug a trench around our back patio, around the side of the house and along the side of our driveway. We put a brick bottom with bricks on the sides and it worked like a charm. The water from the back and front flowed into our little canal and out into the street! [THUMBUP][THUMBUP]
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