Gettin' kicked in the 'NADS BIG TIME!!!!

[Firea100]

Last week Saturday (04-05-2014) we woke to 2 1/2" of sewer and storm water in our basement!!! Called the plumber he said we have a cracked pipe under the floor of our 100 year old home!! Then called the insurance company. "yep, you're covered"... Good... Sent SERVPRO out to make it "Like it never even happened"... They took pics, wrote an estimate, gave me a bunch of boxes. Told me to call them when the repair to the sewer pipe was completed. They will sanitize everything AFTER the repair is complete. OK.

I'm my own worst enemy when it comes to FLAT surfaces... if there is a flat surface, I'll find something to put on it!! Lots of little things that only I know what to do with. Next comes the insurance adjuster. Very nice young man, gave you the feeling that everything was gonna be OK. Gave him the estimate, he deducted my deductable and sent the balance to our checking account. Great! Well the Plumber I'm using can't be back 'til later this week. That's ok since I'm still getting those horizontal surfaces cleared off!! I'm logging anything "soft" that may have absorbed anything from the clogged water.

One pair of Acoustic Research AR-3 speakers, replacement cost: $1100.00. and the list goes on. The water was pumpud out but we're still getting some seepage. Anyway, finally have started to get ahead of everything. Went to a meeting (Mean Colleen & I) this Sat. evening. Came home to one of the worst storms that Marine City & East China has had in the last 75 years!! Had to be 50-75 trees pulled out of the ground, 125 year old pines snapped half way up the trunk!! Several cars destroyed, many homes damaged. No one injured, thank goodness.

BUT all of East China, Marine City and Algonac are without power! So I finally was able to borrow a genset and have the two refers and deep freeze back up and running. My wife is doing her computer work by the light of a Coleman lantern!! Needless to say, things haven't been real smooth around here for the past week or so, I'm not complaining (well, maybe a little) I'm always the "glass half full" guy. I guess I still am but I'm looking at that glass a little closer LATELY!!! So, How Was Your Week???

Larry in East china Mi.

 

[Gold Rush]

You have more liquid than you want and we down here in west Texas can't get Mother Nature to give us even a few inches.... Too bad dead grass and trees isn't covered by homeowner's insurance...

I'm real sorry for the plumbing issue. Thank God your insurance is helping out. I hope they do come through in the end. :xszpv: :xszpv:

 

[Rosy]

Know where you are coming from. Lived in this house since 1974, water in the cellar when we have had mucho rain. Did it two weeks ago, but I keep everything on pallets where possible. But, it still APITA to clean up the water. I do have a drain hole in the middle of the floor, but the water collects everywhere.
Chin up, better days are coming.

Rosy

 

[Carbon_One]

WOW you guys sure having a run of bad luck. Hopefully you'll have this issues resolved sooner then later too.
Oh if you haven't already checked next weeks weather forecasts you might want to. Going to getting a lot of rain and even some possible snow. Bummer ain't it?
Good luck just the same.
Larry

 

[87Trike1200]

Wow! I thought my week sucked, but you win! Stay positive, things will be better soon. ThumbUp

 

[Ragtop69gs]

Dang Larry!!!! WHO did you piss off ? Sounds like you have your hands full. That storm just missed us by a few miles. One of the first things I bought when I moved here was a generator, it saved our butt several times.

Good luck with the repairs.

 

[Firea100]

Guys, We've lived in this house since 1993. Never once had a drop of water in the basement. The pipes are nearly a hundred years old! Guess it was just time! Im sure the insurance company will make us whole again. Just wasn't prepared for this, thats all. I really should have been a little more organized I guess. Maybe this is my "Ah Ha" moment?? Organization as far as putting stuff away is NOT my strong suite. My wife keeps saying: just put it away when your done with it...

Easier said than done I guess!

 

[rhino 2]

Lived in my house since 1970 and the first 15 years dry, Then I got water in the downstairs 1985, Put a sump pump in and that stopped the water, I'm on my third pump now but it's easier than replacing every thing downstairs..

 

[slick rick]

ThumbUp,,,Sometimes we just have to look around to see how well off we really are ...GOOD LUCK with everything ThumbUp

 

[maestro319]

Geeez man. That's a lot of bad going on at your place. I will NOT complain about anything for at least the next week or two.
BTW. I kinda know how you feel. We had several sewer backups in the basemant at our old house. Nothing like wading around in 3 feet of sewage trying to get it all out and then CLEAN.