A Deluge of Dehumidifiers

We are at the bottom of a hill and just a little above a stream that's maybe a hundred yards away. There has been a torrential amount of rain. And I think that we've now got a leak in the cellar floor. I know someone a few hundred yards away who regularly gets a flooded cellar, and takes it as part of living there. I could probably manage it that point of view if we didn't have our kitchen and dining room in our cellar. 

The carpet in the dining room currently squelches. If you stand on it, you can see water. It is deeply unpleasant. Tomorrow I'm going to have to redistribute a large washing and ironing pile which still has stuff in from at least four years ago, towels which don't currently have anywhere to live and sundry craft and gardening supplies. After that, I should try lifting the carpet but I'm going to refrain. Apart from not wanting to have a complete wreck of a room for Christmas dinner, I've tried to get rid of the carpet before. I've loathed it since we moved in, back in 1994, but it's firmly glued down. It's going to be a mare to shift. 

There are currently four, yes, four, dehumidifiers down there. There were the two that we already had, one in the walk in cupboard off the dining room as it can get musty in there and for a while we needed the dehumidifer as the people at the back had a leak, which is no longer much of a problem, and one tucked in a corner as a spare. I don't really bother in winter as the heating sorts out any damp that comes from being underground, but it can feel clammy in summer so they're usually on then. Then there are the two extremely cheap small humidifiers, one next to the carpet swamp and one in the kitchen next to the cupboards which are affected by damp. Those last two were bought when I was worried about the leak in my bedroom. 

I feel like there's a theme here.

I've been thoroughly out of sorts all day, with a headache and upset tummy which I suspect had something to do with the tinned soup I had last night. It's finally wearing off, so hopefully I'll be more pro-active tomorrow, particularly with the new water feature. I was not going to take a pic of the utter dreadfulness that is my dining room, but I had been thinking about redecorating around it. 

Photo by Jeff Finley on Unsplash

So here is a pic that I may or may not take as inspiration.

DH has had a rummage on the internet and he thinks that it could well be something straightforward to fix. I rather hope so, but I'm still bracing myself. 

Hugs and good health to all.