CigarSquid
11-05-2011, 08:45 AM
Last night, While I was heading to the store, and then to enjoy a Excalibur 1066 looking over the Valley, my wife calls me, as soon as a park and cut the cigar.
She tells me in a panic voice, 'I think some water pipe has broke!'
I ask her, Well, How do you know. She said, She was in the shower, Heard a loud noise and the shower stopped. Downstairs water is all over the place.
I smash home, in a rush, planning for the worse.
I get home. She ran across the street to get the neighbors help to turn the main source of water off.
The entry way and downstairs rooms' entry way have a good 1/4 inch of water on the tile. Water is dripping from the air vent in the ceiling, water is coming out of the walls in the garage and outside by the front door.
We had to move all the boxes, dry it all up, using towels, comforters and a shop vac.
It wasn't as bad as I thought, but not something you want to happen for the weekend, or at all. Her birthday is today as well.
I call my insurance right away, to get a claim started just in case.
I know nothing about plumbing, so I have to find someone to come out, see where it has busted. Need to see if I would rather use insurance or tackle this on my own. My dad is only 2 hours away and has done construction all his life... Maybe a job for him.
I will have a guy come out and asses the damage. This morning, It doesn't look to bad. Walls/sheet rock still feel solid and no color change.
Hard to take a shower when it is 30-40 degrees here in Southern Oregon with only cold water.
AMAZINGLY, I held my composure and did not flip out. A real shocker for me. I did however, end up enjoying the 1066 while things were drying out.
Let's see how the rest of the weekend goes... Since it didn't start to good.
She tells me in a panic voice, 'I think some water pipe has broke!'
I ask her, Well, How do you know. She said, She was in the shower, Heard a loud noise and the shower stopped. Downstairs water is all over the place.
I smash home, in a rush, planning for the worse.
I get home. She ran across the street to get the neighbors help to turn the main source of water off.
The entry way and downstairs rooms' entry way have a good 1/4 inch of water on the tile. Water is dripping from the air vent in the ceiling, water is coming out of the walls in the garage and outside by the front door.
We had to move all the boxes, dry it all up, using towels, comforters and a shop vac.
It wasn't as bad as I thought, but not something you want to happen for the weekend, or at all. Her birthday is today as well.
I call my insurance right away, to get a claim started just in case.
I know nothing about plumbing, so I have to find someone to come out, see where it has busted. Need to see if I would rather use insurance or tackle this on my own. My dad is only 2 hours away and has done construction all his life... Maybe a job for him.
I will have a guy come out and asses the damage. This morning, It doesn't look to bad. Walls/sheet rock still feel solid and no color change.
Hard to take a shower when it is 30-40 degrees here in Southern Oregon with only cold water.
AMAZINGLY, I held my composure and did not flip out. A real shocker for me. I did however, end up enjoying the 1066 while things were drying out.
Let's see how the rest of the weekend goes... Since it didn't start to good.