General Discussion & Chat: Best/Worse/What did I Learn today? chat with friends old/new..join us!, 1 by Bettypauze

Bettypauze wrote:
Big sigh, lots of drama this morning ,

Went downstairs to get a pattern for Sharon around 8am, all ok
Went down about noon, yikes 2\" of water, sick to my stomach, saw that the hot water heater on top of tank was leaking and spraying water..called Enbridge gas, rent the inti, amd it was oh well so sad, can\'t come till Sunday put new heater in..I said heater, it\'s the 2\"inches of water everywhere, reason your tank!! Ended up telling me I should have been more pro attractive calling them to check on a 1997 tank, told them their equipment they should be pro active..so Sunday new tank gets put in..

That doesn\'t help the water situation, told me to clean it up, send them a bill and they would see if payment would be made, ask me at this point if I\'m 😡

Called my insurance company, odiferous course they can\'t conform if I\'m covered or not, someone from claims dept has to call..now I\'m worried.

So, can\'t leave basement with water for days on end, call Service Master and spoke to a wonderful man named Paul..asked him how much it would cost for them to come and suck up water, said he would come over asap and give me a quote..

Long story short he is the clean up crew company that my insurance works with so he phones main guy at claims, had them check my policy and within 1/2 hour was gicpven the ok to do what is needed..apparently. 2 month process:

. All cupboards / bookcases etc sitting on floor have to be replaced (4)
. Craft room has subfloor and then linoleum on it, all has to come out of craft room
into storage and it will be replaced.
. Sub floor in woodworking area has to be removed and replaced
. 2ft of drywall in the entire basement has to be removed, replaced and repainted

List goes on and on and on

So guys are here sucking up water, they will come back with a team of men, storage box and everything in basement goes out..my poor craft room..sooo

They came upstairs, saw I had a 3rd bedroom so said they would take the bedroom outfit and put it in storage, then bring up a few tables and make a sewing room for me..so nice of these guys..wipe a tear. Lol
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I don\'t drink, think I could use one though..thought I should have a hot bath, no can do, need a hot water tank. Bid double sigh