Last Tuesday (January 4) started out as any other day would, but ended unlike anything I would have EVER imagined! I stopped at the grocery store to pick up a few needed items for dinner on my way home from work. Shane and I pulled into the driveway at the exact same time. We got to mail and took our time getting the groceries out of the car.
I walked into the house expecting Miss Chloe to be right there excited to see us, but she was not there. Instead of her bark I heard rushing water. Rushing water coming from under my kitchen cabinet to exact. Naturally I freaked out while Shane rushed to the basement to turn off the water. Chloe got soaking wet and jumped up on one of the kitchen chairs.
The pipe that provides water to the dishwasher popped right out of it's socket allowing water to run for a few hours. I did what any normal person would do and sent out a facebook cry for a wetvac, then called my hometeacher. (Wondering where Shane is? He ran across the street to deliver a pinewood derby car to a neighbor) Within a few minutes we had 2 people there with their shopvac's soaking up water.
It was so humid in our house that water was clinging to everything. After all the furnature was moved and water was soaked up we examined the damage. And called
Service Master to come and do a little disaster clean up. That night they surveyed the water damage and installed a portable furnace. The water had gone through our ducts and flooded out the furnace. Since then we have been in recovery mode.
Our kitchen/dining and laundry rooms have been torn completely apart. Cabinets have been removed, flooring ripped out, and drywall cut and drilled into to help dry the place out. We've had fans, dehumidifiers, vacmats, and a bunch of other random equipment running in our house since then.
This is why I love the
homebuilder in our neighborhood. Now to adventure of putting it all back together - with hopefully minimal arguments (despite the fact that Shane has already had a dream that I wanted to get a divorce over the fact that I want
european style cabinets and he wants
face frame).
8 comments:
Well, let's be honest, that IS a legitimate reason to get divorced! It's cabinets for crying out loud!! ;) So sorry for the water damage! Hopefully, insurance is helping cover it. Here's to getting a new kitchen out of the deal!
That stinks! (Nice to get new cabinets though! I think both look amazing! it's a win win either way)
I still can't believe this happened next door! An adventure for sure.
Please come hang out anytime when you are tired of your humid, hot climate!
Oh man! What a pain! So sorry. We've done disaster clean up twice at our old place. Hope everything's back to normal soon.
I love both of those cabinets in the pictures. You can't go wrong either way. They are definitely an upgrade. If you ever miss your old ones, feel free to stop by and visit mine. They are seriously ugly :)
Hey look at it this way, you don't have to cook anytime soon? Sorry for the pain in the rear this must be. Good luck in all the decisions.
You poor thing! Both cabinets are gorgeous!!! Did you end up getting doggy day care out of the deal?:) Let me know if I can do anything to help you!
Voting for your pick!!! That is crazy! Hopefully things will calm down a bit for you. Yikes!!!
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