Well doesn't this just suck

Little Steven

Hose barb in the line from the well let go this morning. Nasty bit of flooding in the basement. All the floors pooched and drywall is all soaked. I love winter.

Tinyfish

That sucks...

theyolksonyou

Hope you have good insurance.

WeberWho

Ouch. Time to kick back some suds yourself

Wolfpack

Ouch- good luck Steven. Hope it all turns out as well as possible

NPHuskerFL

Been there but, ours is located about 200' from the house outside. Basements in FL are far and few between.
Silver lining is at least you weren't out of town when it happened. Can it be dried up without losses? Hopefully. Sorry this happened to you man. :-q

Mickey

No basements in Texas. Get here as fast as you can.

The Cen-Tex Smoker

72 and sunny here today.....er....I mean sorry buddy. Sucks.

smokesniffer

Oh man that is terrible. Hope it works outs for you quickly. Water damage sucks big time.

Little Steven

It turns out that it didn't happen suddenly. The drywall, baseboard and quarter round are all moldy as hell. Fun wow!

Jeepster47

Oh man Steve, that does suck.  Sounds like it's been leaking for awhile and finally let loose.  If so, the letting loose was a silver lining ... extensive mold is a **** to get cleaned up.

Tjcoley

That does suck.  Doesn't take much water to do damage.  We had a 20 gallon fish tank break and ended up having to replace floors in the entire family room. closet, bathroom and kitchen.  Good luck.

Fred19Flintstone

I'm sorry to hear about this Steve. I always worry about that when it gets really cold.

RRP

Sorry to hear that, Steve. The only time we ever had water in our poured basement was when we were at work and a stupid water softener pipe broke. At least it was clean water and I caught it that night when I came home, but water is water just the same!

Austin Egghead

Been there had that.  Sump pump failed during mid winter defrost and rain storm.  Other half had already left MD for CA assignment.  Only good thing, basement unfinished.  Took almost entire day to pump out the water.   

And yes it really does sucks.

Eggcelsior

Reminds me of this time last year. At least I was awake when the water line went.

Little Steven

Jeepster47 said:

Oh man Steve, that does suck.  Sounds like it's been leaking for awhile and finally let loose.  If so, the letting loose was a silver lining ... extensive mold is a **** to get cleaned up.

The service company stayed till 11 last night. All the flooring is up and 2 feet of drywall is pulled off. They say the dehumidifiers will have to run for a week. They sprayed mold treatment everywhere. I think it will be OK.

BYS1981

As mentioned at least you caught it and were in town. Still sucks.

StillSmoken

Man that sucks! I went through that Shi$ a few years back. Hope you get back to Egging soon.

henapple

Better than finding this is your basement.

Little Steven

I asked you to stop posting that. I was young then.

Skiddymarker

Not nice, hope it all works out as best it can. 

Was it a freeze or just an "aged" vintage part? Amazing how much water a submersible will pour into your house. 

Little Steven

Thought it was a freeze at first but it turned out to be an eroded hose barb

Canugghead

That sure sucks Steve, glad the damage is under control.  Years ago our old water heater started leaking but I discovered it the first night we returned from vacation, got lucky.

Skiddymarker

Canugghead said:

That sure sucks Steve, glad the damage is under control.  Years ago our old water heater started leaking but I discovered it the first night we returned from vacation, got lucky.

Helping a friend (ESL) go through some questions they have regarding renewal of their home owner's policy. They did not realize they had $0 coverage for internal water damage if they were away from home for more than four days and did not turn off their home's water supply. This includes damage from burst pipes due to freezing (for the same four days) during the heating season. The actual heating season is not defined. 

LS's misfortune might give some of us a reason to check out their policies. 

Little Steven

I just told the adjuster that the fitting eroded. He said he would have to check the policy to see if we're covered. Never say anything to an adjuster that they don't ask directly.

Mr Holloway

Shitttty

Sorry to hear dude

Had some water issues last winter

Drums and a Les Paul sitting in water, is a kick in the nutz

Hope you get everything cleaned up quick

with minimal insurance company crap

 

Gonna get a hold of ya this week

 

 Shane

  

Little Steven

Thanks Shane. I think that strip loin is just about ready.

Canugghead

@Skiddymarker, now that you mentioned it I think we did turn off the water main.  I've heard of folks using the toilet one last time before leaving on a vacation and the toilet tank valve malfunctioned and never stopped filling till they returned, ouch!

RRP

Canugghead said:

@Skiddymarker, now that you mentioned it I think we did turn off the water main.  I've heard of folks using the toilet one last time before leaving on a vacation and the toilet tank valve malfunctioned and never stopped filling till they returned, ouch!

THAT is exactly what happened to a neighbor of mine! Ended up doing $80K of damage!

DMW

Man that sucks. Hope the insurance covers everything for you and they don't squirrel out of it.