The financial experts say, when it comes to debt, a mortgage is a "good" kind of debt. It means you're paying towards something that will eventually be yours, it means roots, it means equity and all that other garbage. It means that, once you've finished paying out hundreds or thousands of dollars per month, you have something to show for it at the end.
It also means that when something breaks, it's up to you to figure it out.
On Monday, we finally got some snow. We've had flurries here and there and some sleet a couple of times, but nothing that really stuck. Its just been cold, really freaking cold, and that makes me grouchy.
The cold also means that there are broken pipes all over the city.
On Monday, we heard the sump pump running, but I just assumed it was because of the snow melting from the roof. When it continued, we checked out the basement and were dismayed to see two inches of water on the floor.
Thankfully, the furnace didn't get wet and mostly everything down there is stored in plastic, but we still needed to find the source of the leak.
It turns out the neighbor has a broken pipe in his kitchen and some wet carpet. And we got flooded.
My husband is home from work today, waiting on an insurance adjuster to come check out the damage, and the neighbor is getting a plumber to fix the problem on his end and also pump us out.
My basement is trashed, there are wet footprints everywhere and my anxiety level is high.
But hey, at least we own our home right?
Winter, I hate you.
When I thought about it, I realized pretty much everyone I know has dealt with water problems at some point. How about you? Have you ever had a flood and how long did it take to clean up?
It also means that when something breaks, it's up to you to figure it out.
On Monday, we finally got some snow. We've had flurries here and there and some sleet a couple of times, but nothing that really stuck. Its just been cold, really freaking cold, and that makes me grouchy.
The cold also means that there are broken pipes all over the city.
On Monday, we heard the sump pump running, but I just assumed it was because of the snow melting from the roof. When it continued, we checked out the basement and were dismayed to see two inches of water on the floor.
Thankfully, the furnace didn't get wet and mostly everything down there is stored in plastic, but we still needed to find the source of the leak.
It turns out the neighbor has a broken pipe in his kitchen and some wet carpet. And we got flooded.
My husband is home from work today, waiting on an insurance adjuster to come check out the damage, and the neighbor is getting a plumber to fix the problem on his end and also pump us out.
My basement is trashed, there are wet footprints everywhere and my anxiety level is high.
But hey, at least we own our home right?
Winter, I hate you.
When I thought about it, I realized pretty much everyone I know has dealt with water problems at some point. How about you? Have you ever had a flood and how long did it take to clean up?
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4 comments:
We had a pipe freeze last week too. Right where it came into the house from the street. Luckily I figured it out before anything terrible happened. It was kind of hard to miss we had NO water whatsoever. We're also lucky that my husband it handy and was able to fix the cracked pipe and install pipe warmers where we needed them. Our basement is mostly finished so a flood would have really been devastating.
This is the 2nd winter (of course right after our basement was finished) that we had pipes leaking water into our basement. I seriously thought I was going to lose it on Sat. as I moved furniture and tried to figure out HOW much water was down there and if we could take care of it ourselves (unlike last year). I feel your pain.
Reason number 246,268 I want to punch January in the face. I HATE dealing with everything that happen in January. Illness, cold, houses falling apart.
That SUCKS about your basement. Can you rent a shop vac to suck the water up? Our hot water heater went out last year and flooded a portion of our finished basement. It smelled mildewy for a while afterwards. Ugh.
2 Christmas's ago, my parents had a pipe break in the street outside their neighbor's house. It caused everyone's water to be turned off. BEFORE dinner was fully prepared or served, and certainly not before it was cleaned up. There were 6 adults and 2 children who needed to use the bathroom so we took turns driving to the liquor store and the gas station if we had to do more than #1! Unfortunately, the water was not back on before my parents went to bed that night. Someone must have checked the faucet in the kitchen and left it on by mistake because their kitchen flooded and it went through the floor and into their basement. Insurance covered the ceiling and the kitchen floor and dining room floors. That repair job led to the discovery that they had a leak into the basement and they ended up having to have B-Dry come out and waterproof it. It was a completely nightmare! It did prompt my mother to have her kitchen redone like she's been talking about for the last 15 years. That project was finally completed this past summer. I hope your basement story ends better than theirs did!
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