I was 100% sure that this would not happen to me here in Sweden. Yesterday I was in my layout room and discovered (wet socks) that one end of the room was filled with water, around 2 cm. A broken pipe was the problem. I now have 2 big fans going 24/7 to dry it out. Nothing happened with my layout because it’s located at the other side of the room. Thank god for that.
Bummer! Been there, done that.[sigh]
Well at least your lucky in one sense that it was a plumbing issue and could be repaired easily.
There’s many out there that are plagued with a wet/ damp basement every time there’s a rainy period.
I was lucky enough to finally have a dry basement after waterproofing and diverting downspout water, others just have to deal with the problem.
I would pick up, borrow or rent a dehumidifier and run that for a few days as well. Your lucky you caught it when you did.
You better get some air fresheners too. Nothing smells quite like evaporating water in a building.
EL, most definitely, do get one or two dehumidifiers and run them for the next five or six days…until they stop producing more than three or four liters/24 hrs. Maybe rent, but get them and use them.
Maybe I used the wrong word when I wrote fans. I think they are dehumidifiers. I know what they are called in Swedish 
They will stay on for at least a week.
If I ever get flood water in my train room, we’ve got bigger things to worry about… (My trains are in the attic!)
Noah
Electro,
As a former U.S. Prez once said, “I feel your pain…”
I have a basement layout room that I can usually keep dry. Our house is built on sandy gravel (good drainage), at a decent elevation and slope, and our rainfall is managable. What I can’t seem to manage is leaks and spills coming from the upstairs kitchen and laundry, especially with young children. [sigh] My drop ceiling tiles have the stains to show for it.
I keep a de-humidifier running 24-7 in the room year-round. I’ve also learned through painful experience to put a floor tray around the washing machine, with a battery-powered water alarm in the tray to alert us if the machine would begin to overflow. The other accidental spills upstairs due to kids, well… I haven’t figured out a way to avert disaster there however. [%-)]
Good thing you caught your drainage issue early.
On the bright side, if the water had gotten to the layout you could have modeled a car ferry operation with real water.
Glad things didn’t get that serious.
Yes, that would probobly be bad…[(-D]
I’m glad things turned out okay EL.
If they are collecting water then they are dehumidifiers.
I managed to find a picture. It’s a fan on the other side:
In Swedish they are called ‘avfuktare’. I have two of these going 24/7.
To bad,
Did the insurance company fix it. Remember to send them the bill for the extra electricity, two of those running 24/7 for a while will cost a lot more then one would suspect. My insurance company told me to do that when my water heater broke.
Gott nytt år,
Magnus
Yes I will tell them to pay the extra electricity bill. I will not pay anything for this. We will see if they want me to pay anything. If they want that, I will eminently move the layout to a new house.
Gott Nytt År!
Where in Sweden do you live?
I live in Sundsvall, I’m going to simply build a new extra house to accommodate my next project. If I’m not wrong your renting this location right? Maybe it’s cheaper to just put up a simple building.
Magnus
Electro, that is undoubtedly a de-humidifier. The coils are plainly visible where the coolant is meant to cause moisture in the air to condense and to drip down into a collection system or to drain via a small hose to a drain in the floor.
yep, its a dehumidifier!
Last thing you want is mold growing on things so drying out the air is a very good idea. In someways, my wife kicking me out of the house may have been good for my trains since we did have some mold issues in our basment and yes, we did run a dehumifier, but probably not enough. You could really smell the mold in the winter. I really want to move back out west where the air is dry. I never cared for the humidity.