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When it Rains It Pours, Literally

June 6, 2011 by Momstart 13 Comments

Yesterday started off as a really great day. The weather was beautiful, I enjoyed the company of other bloggers, had my hair and make up done, came home, started whipping out posts for the blog and all the sudden I hear my husband say, “we have a problem”. He seemed so calm for what I was about to find in our garage, so I was really surprised.

It was raining in our garage! Really, water was dripping from the ceiling of our garage in multiple places. My first thought was something is severely wrong with our air conditioner, because to me it looked like that was where the water was coming from, but there was so much water. Suddenly I hear my husband again, it’s not the A/C honey. It was the kids’ toilet running over, and over and over. Not only was the water running but it was poopy water. So Gross! My husband stopped the onslaught of water and cleanup began, and so did the freaking out.

After going back and forth with my husband we decided to call someone to make sure our house was ok. Good thing we did because the house is far from ok. I mean, water came down from the celling into the garage and because it was soiled water, EVERYTHING has to be replaced. We haven’t even finished discovering how far the water damage goes.

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The whole bathroom has to be gutted, the walls have to be cut out up to two feet, the insulation has to go, the A/C has to be turned off until we have confirmation that the contamination did not go into ducts (did I mention it’s been a little warm outside). Both of the kids rooms are losing a wall and carpet. We have fans all throughout the house to help dry everything that got wet.

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How are the kids doing throughout all this, well, since they have to sleep in mom and dad’s room they think it’s an on going slumber party. They are having a blast. Me on the other hand, I think I’m going to lose my mind. Why is it that whenever I need to deal with the house, talk to someone on the phone, or take one minute for myself, suddenly the kids slumber party is over and all hell breaks loose between the two of them?

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  1. Robyn Wright of Robyn's Online World says

    June 6, 2011 at 8:53 pm

    Sounds like you all handled it all really well though. Hope you all dry out quickly!

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  2. JD Northwest says

    June 7, 2011 at 8:41 am

    Hope you get everything fixed up quickly. Slumber parties get old after a while.

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  3. Mrs. Cox says

    June 7, 2011 at 9:34 am

    Oh gosh 🙁 That is horrible!! I hope it all gets back to normal soon and the damage is on the lesser side.

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  4. Annie says

    June 7, 2011 at 9:41 am

    HUGE HUGS! I went through this same thing recently! I hope that replacing things goes by quick and you don’t find any other delays or things wrong. This is terrible news 🙁

    Wish I lived closer so I could come over and take the kids for a bit. it is really hard when you just need a break and that is the exact time they fight or have a huge need for your attention.

    Reply
  5. Crystal @ Simply Being Mommy says

    June 7, 2011 at 11:39 am

    I’m so sorry, Louise! I hope they are able to get everything fixed quickly so that things can go back to normal.

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  6. Jennifer says

    June 7, 2011 at 11:49 am

    Sorry to hear that and I hope for a speedy fixing for you!

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  7. Tammy says

    June 7, 2011 at 12:02 pm

    Oh Noes! I feel for you Louise – we had water damage in our house on more than one occasion and it sucks. It takes so long for it to be ‘fixed’ because of drying out and then the drywall and dust and ….yeah you probably didn’t want to hear that. I hope at least your insurance is covering it all.

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  8. Summer Oleksy says

    June 7, 2011 at 12:55 pm

    OH MAN LOUISE! I think I saw this yesterday but I just read the article on my phone. BUMMER! What is the deal with all this bad luck among my friends lately … maybe you should fine a better friend! YIKES! If you need anything let me know.

    Reply
  9. Tammi @ My Organized Chaos says

    June 7, 2011 at 4:18 pm

    Oh my Louise, I am so sorry!!
    Hope it’s not as expensive as you think!

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  10. Allister Van Twinkle says

    June 7, 2011 at 5:01 pm

    Oh oh! This is terrible and I hope you will resolve all of this super fast.
    When I was a kid it happened in our house, the ceiling had to be replaced, because of a neighbor upstairs spilling something or breaking something, and not being home. It all went down to our ceiling that had to be redone.
    Best of luck!

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  11. Amanda says

    June 8, 2011 at 7:11 pm

    I am so sorry you have to deal with all this. I hope the fixes are stress free and can be done quickly. HUGS

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  12. Kathy says

    June 11, 2011 at 4:19 pm

    That really sucks! I am so sorry. I hope it goes by quickly and is less expensive than you think.

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  13. Debbie Stanton says

    June 13, 2011 at 7:51 pm

    oh, I’m so sorry… I would lose my mind too!! hang in there and remember, nothing last forever and you will get through this and have a memory to laugh at soon!! 😀

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