Some years ago, water started seeping into the yard from the neighbor’s house. They were out of town for the holidays, so we peeped over the fence to see what was amiss… and through their back windows, we noticed that the kitchen ceiling was on the floor.
My dad vaulted the fence, broke in through the back, and shut off the water (an ingress they appreciated greatly), but they had one heckuva mess when they got home.
I understand their pain today. We were luckier with the ceilings, but it’s quite a mess here regardless. Not only are there full buckets for the leaks, and water heaters coming and going to and from the attic, but we’d also scheduled floor people (all week, starting today) to replace all the first floor carpets in the house.
Sigh… It’s starting to look like a low budget Christmas this year.
I think I need a pretty picture.
This is the type of thing that makes one wish for the days when hot water heaters were located in the garage (and, in my case, grateful that said appliance is located at floor level.)
Good luck,
~EdT.
Thanks, EdT. On the silver lining side, though, I’m getting some interesting “work” and “tool” photos.
LOL!
Another ‘silver lining’ would be that this happened before your ‘new stuff’ was actually installed. What a mess that must be for you!
My water heater had to be replaced, as well, some years back, but I was very lucky in that – in spite of it being all rusted out – it never spilled its contents all over the lower levels of my townhouse.
One of my regular cab customers (back when I was driving a taxi) told me that she and her husband had always purchased some sort of insurance that – no matter what went wrong with an ‘appliance’ (water heater, whatever you wanted to be included and paid for in the insurance), resultant repairs were fully covered. I investigated the purchase of such insurance once, but decided it was too expensive. Well, it’s only ‘expensive’ if it doesn’t happen to ‘you’ – anybody you – , I guess!
Good luck with all this, and keep us posted, OK?