Way back April we started a bathroom renovation that still had not been completed. Hubby just didn't have the time to do it, so we were going to hire a contractor to complete it as well as replace our kitchen flooring an counter tops. We were waiting for the estimate and I was going to paint the bathroom before they installed the new shower and vanity. I was done primer coat and this particular day I was going to paint the final coat, but somehow got distracted - happens alot around here!
Anyway, that night I stayed up a couple hours later than normal. Just wasn't tired and got into a good show or movie or something. Well when I finally decided to go to bed I walked into the kitchen and stepped in a big puddle of water. What in the world? A bunch of things happened very quickly...
Turn on a light
see a bunch of water
follow it to the laundry
no house or tv noise so now I hear water running - lots of water running!
Grab towels to throw on the wet floor
Yell at sleeping hubby - "Honey! Honey wake up! HONEY WAKE UP we have a flood!"
Turn laundry taps to off - still hear water running
Run to bathroom (which is the other side of the wall)
OH MY GOD! The entire bathroom is flooded - there is a water fall coming out of the side of the wall where the drywall comes down to the shower base...
Hubby runs outside to turn off water, I don't know what to do so I grab camera and follow him...
He take photos and a video of the crawl space, I am too upset and do not take any pictures (but now the blogger in me really wishes I had taken some!)
Notice the short pipe directly to the left of the plastic. It is completely under water. The plastic was there so when my dad and hubby were crawling around under there they would not have to crawl on the dirt. It is supposed to be dry under there! Here is the video...not even the lovely night sounds were calming to me at the moment!
Once the water was shut off, the huge flood in the bathroom mostly drained down the register and the shower drain. I knew that we were in big trouble when I was mopping up the water at the edges, you could see that the floor under the laminate in the bedroom was wet. We were able to mop up most of the water in the laundry and kitchen area and that was about all we could do until morning when we would call insurance.
In bed I suddenly realized that I was very thirsty but at that moment I wanted nothing more to do with water. My darling hubby then says "Well, look on the bright side." To which I snarl "There IS no bright side" and I roll over and go to sleep!
The next morning we were already seeing damage. The floor in our bedroom was expanding and pushing up the laminate so much that I could no longer close the door.
Hubby called our insurance and within two hours ServPro was there assessing the damage, then started to pull up the floors! What a mess!
They pulled up all the wet areas all the way down to the subfloor and left us with huge dryers and dehumidifiers that were with us for several days. I hated those noisy things and they made it very very hot in our house. Did I mention that this was the end of July when it is 50 thousand degrees outside!
Meanwhile, the kids thought it was a brand new adventure and were thrilled to have a big storm in the house...
And me, once I got over the initial shock and realized that I was getting new floors, well, let's just say I was not quite as upset as I was. I will never miss that kitchen flooring! It was not exactly how I pictured a kitchen renovation, but I still got to say Goodbye old ugly floors!
