Flooded House

[DiscusLoverJeff]

So I come home from work at 4:00 just to find that my family room level of my house has water all over the new hardwood floors and remodel. It rained so hard here today between noon and 4 that one part of the outside wall could not take it any longer.

I thought my 95 gal wave tank sprung a leak, but luckily it was ok. I shop vac up over 20 gals of water in 3 hours. Most is gone, but still more under the flooring.

So now have to see if the home owners insurance can help me out. I estimate with the floor, drywall, paint, tear down, well over $3,000.00. The floor was almost that much.

Oh well, off to finish cleaning up then heading out before more rain comes in later to dig a trench around the front of the house and hope it holds the water back. We are expecting rain for the next 3 days.

[chaoslite]

Oh that is so not good. Sorry that is happening to you Jeff. I hope they cover all of that. That is some serious rain.

Mishka

[Second Hand Pat]

Jeff, this is horrible. Hope the insurance company will do something for you and rain the next three days. Ouch.
Pat

[Chad Hughes]

How did the wall fail?

This sucks. Sorry bro!

[DonMD]

Caramba!

[Len]

Really sorry to hear that. I just went through it and had to have the floor replaced in the whole apartment just 2 weeks ago and it was more work moving things (tanks included) than I ever wish to do again. Best of luck to you, I feel your pain.

[Trier20]

Damn buddy sorry to hear! Hope they cover all that for you!

[0Dgreen]

Jeeze Jeff, sorry to hear....but hey, that's what insurance is for!

[DiscusLoverJeff]

Thanks everyone.

We found a 16" crack just below the foundation. This crack could have been from the dry season last year and from the sudden onset of lots of rain this past couple weeks. I had a contractor friend over to help assess the damages when he found the crack. We thought we could try to work this weekend to dig down 4 to 6 feet to get to the drain tile, tar the wall, put of a sheet of styrofoam and fill in with gravel and dirt, but with all this rain it would just be like moving mud.

[roclement]

whatver you do, dont use the word flood with your insurance company...just say the wall fell down and you have water damage, not flood!

Rodrigo

[Chad Hughes]

Ugh!

That's horrible. I'm very familiar with this type of work. I wish you luck!

[Kal-El]

Jeff, sorry to hear about this bad news... it has been raining hard and crazy... good luck...

[ZX10R]

Sorry buddy hope it didn't cause to much damage. Run a bunch of fans across the floor it will help it dry out faster and do less damage. My cousins run a concrete sealing company in the Chicago area not sure if they do this kind of work but if you want I could give them a call and find out.

[Keith Perkins]

That would explain you not answering the phone tonight. We can share house flooding stories some day Jeff, my last place was awful. Spent a pretty big chunk of change fixing it. I feel for you.

[the20tonknuckler]

Sorry to hear that. That's a tough job you have ahead of you. Wish you the best of luck. Hope the insurance comes through.