Around 6:00 last night, Superman turned on the spigot on the side of our house. He set a sprinkler up to water a dry patch in our yard. Then he came in and we ate dinner.
30 minutes later, he went downstairs, then yelled for me to turn off the water.
Apparently, the spigot leaked in our house -- the ceiling in the basement.
When he went down stairs, water was pour out the LIGHT FIXTURE and soaking everything.
We moved everything out, sopped up the little bit we could before the towels were drenched, and borrowed some wet vacs.
We have called our insurance company and Service Master, who is coming this morning.
Our computer may or may not be lost. (I'm using Superman's work laptop right now.)
We hope to be able to pull up the carpet and pad, let them dry, then just reinstall them.
Our biggest concern is the ceiling and the leak itself.
Plus, we missed the Smallville series finale! And did I mention that Miss Marvel is teething again? Complete with fever, diarrhea, fussiness and neediness?
Luckily, we have great neighbors who watched our kids, helped up move stuff, and tracked down wet vacs.
Luckily, we caught it early. The water had just started to rise above the carpet. I wouldn't even say there was a real accumulation. When I stepped close to the walls, water would come above
my toes, but that's about it.
I'm doing okay with it all. If I think too much about how much this could cost (along with our $2500 deductible) I get a little panicked, but I just try not think about it.
Worrying about something over which you have no control is, in essence, a lack of faith.
So I am choosing faith. This will all work out just fine.
I think. Hope.
p.s. Happy Friday the friggin' thirteenth.
13 comments:
OY!
sounds like a HUGE mess.
With faith you should be able tog et thru it.
Yikes. Miss MArvel has the runs too and is teething? i hope she feels better soon!
Hang in there!
That is so not cool. You deserve to go do something fun, you know, while you're not thinking about it. And to restore cosmic balance, since you just had to deal with major ugh.
Oh, so sorry, Alyssa!! This is clearly the work of Mario Lopez!
Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. What a nightmare. Yuck.
Crap! Not a good thing at all - hoping it will work out. At least now, you know to leave that spigot off!
Unfortunately, we've had extensive experience in basement flooding.
You might be able to dry out your ceiling by turning up the heat in your house and running an industrial fan on it. (available for rent at Home Depot for a very reasonable price) let it run for several days.
Yes, the noise WILL drive you crazy, however, it worked to dry out our ceiling and the only part we needed to replace was where it actually broke through the drywall.
oh no! that totally sucks! so sorry to hear that. hope everything work out okay.
Ugh! So sorry, babe!
But the good news is you were actually able to post on Blogger on Friday! (hey, any silver lining...)
Ugh! It's always something. I guess with all the flooding going on in the State right now that it's a good thing your issues were just a water spigot which can easily be repaired (I said 'easily' not 'cheaply', sigh!)
I hope that it works out great but if you have to pay out the deductable anyway, then I hope you get new carpet out of the deal!
Oh my GOSH! How crazy is that! Good luck with all of that sweetie, I really hope everything can work out for you and your home!
I've missed reading your blog, it's been too long. I still love you too! :)
Oh - I'm so sorry. That's just awful. Hope everything gets put right-side-up again quickly.
Oh, geez! Sorry! Hope it's all straightened out by now!
Basement flooding is the worst. Ours has only affected long term storage, and that was tragic enough. Good luck!
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