My House Just Flooded

[RadiomanATL]

Baseboards too. Especially if they aren't real wood and just primed fiberboard kind.

 

[sparky]

 

[RadiomanATL]

Do they have those in the frozen (and obviously wet) north.

 

[Madeline]

Poor man. Thank God you have insurance. There's a good company called Serv-pro which does restortation work in these situations....and you might like to get a good GC in to examine the home after, just to be sure.

 

[dilloduck]

You might wanna start running and see how far you can slide before you hit a wall.

sorta puts stuff in perspective

 

[sparky]

Do they have those in the frozen (and obviously wet) north.

yuppy.....

 

[AllieBaba]

We got 4 inches of rain in 25 minutes, 5 in less than an hour. I've never seen it come down so hard.

The water came in throughout most of our house. It was about an inch deep in the bathroom, which was the worst. We're cleaning up. I'm going to have to replace all the floors and carpets and probably some beds too, which we didn't keep on a frame.

Called the water extraction people. They'll be here in half an hour. Called my flood insurer but they are closed so I'll call tomorrow. Anything else I should do? I mean, besides go swimming in my back yard?

the water extraction people will likely be able to save your carpets
so dont rip anything out before THEY tell you its not savable

and the fast response you gave to calling them might even save some of your other things too


for later, you might want to look into putting some drainage around your house

Thanks.

I'm not sure if I want to save all of it though! I want new stuff!

Finally, you'll get that beautiful copper tub you've wanted for years...

Oh crap, that's my fantasy, not yours.

 

[Toro]

You might wanna start running and see how far you can slide before you hit a wall.

sorta puts stuff in perspective

I might now go through the wall.

 

[dilloduck]

You might wanna start running and see how far you can slide before you hit a wall.

sorta puts stuff in perspective

I might now go through the wall.

can you fit between the studs ?

 

[Paulie]

Rip out the carpets at the next available opportunity if they are not salvageable. Buy a dehumidifier. And some Damp Rid.

If mold gets up in your drywall you'll have a much larger problem.

Apparently you didn't get the memo from the rest of the posters in this thread.

You were supposed to just make jokes at his expense.

 

[Toro]

Rip out the carpets at the next available opportunity if they are not salvageable. Buy a dehumidifier. And some Damp Rid.

If mold gets up in your drywall you'll have a much larger problem.

Apparently you didn't get the memo from the rest of the posters in this thread.

You were supposed to just make jokes at his expense.

I don't mind. I've been telling people I've always wanted a water-front house!

 

[syrenn]

Rip out the carpets at the next available opportunity if they are not salvageable. Buy a dehumidifier. And some Damp Rid.

If mold gets up in your drywall you'll have a much larger problem.

Apparently you didn't get the memo from the rest of the posters in this thread.

You were supposed to just make jokes at his expense.

I don't mind. I've been telling people I've always wanted a water-front house!

water-front or waterproof house?

 

[xotoxi]

We got 4 inches of rain in 25 minutes, 5 in less than an hour. I've never seen it come down so hard.

The water came in throughout most of our house. It was about an inch deep in the bathroom, which was the worst. We're cleaning up. I'm going to have to replace all the floors and carpets and probably some beds too, which we didn't keep on a frame.

Called the water extraction people. They'll be here in half an hour. Called my flood insurer but they are closed so I'll call tomorrow. Anything else I should do? I mean, besides go swimming in my back yard?

Suggestion:

1. Stop making your mortgage payments immediately.

2. When the bank forecloses on your house, use a bulldozer to tear it down.

3. After you have been released from jail, start your life over. By then, the recession will likely be over.

 

[Middleman]

I went through this a couple of winters ago. It sucks. We were declared a disaster zone and I did end up getting well compensated by FEMA. It's very stressful. We had hard rain on a large snowpack.

 

[blu]

uh dude I hope you took pictures of everything before you ripped it up. its very important for insurance claims... please take pictures if you haven't. also you need to have the roof inspected and areas dried etc to prevent molding. all wood needs to be checked, mold is very bad for health and can ruin the foundations of houses as its rots

 

[Ringel05]

Rip out the carpets at the next available opportunity if they are not salvageable. Buy a dehumidifier. And some Damp Rid.

If mold gets up in your drywall you'll have a much larger problem.

Apparently you didn't get the memo from the rest of the posters in this thread.

You were supposed to just make jokes at his expense.

We always make jokes a Toro's expense..... Or was that at your expense? I can never remember.

Toro, unfortunately if the drywall got wet you'll have to replace at least the lower half plus insulation on the outer walls that also got wet.

 

[Douger]

slab and no basement? on a flat parcel with no rise to your home?

How did it come it? Just seeped through the lower walls? no gutters on your home or it was too much for the gutters to handle?

you are scaring me....I think I need to recheck that the grading around my house and is packed right and leaning downhill from the house....

Slab on ground.

We're on a low lying area with a pond in the back. We've had water back up into the yard but nothing like this.

We have flood insurance so it'll all get paid for, and no one is in any danger, but it is somewhat unnerving.

Now do yourself and your family a favor and replace that nasty fucking carpet with some ceramic.Put a 4 to 6 inch tile border up the wall to protect the drywall if it ever happens again.
Problem over. Permanently.

 

[strollingbones]

toro how are you doing today.....water damage is a nightmare....let the water removal people deal with it....i hope you have flood insurance, most ho's policies dont cover flooding or earthquakes

 

[syrenn]

So how are things going Toro?

 

[DiveCon]

yeah, how about an update?