We spent a great 4th of July weekend camping at Zion National Park and watching fireworks in St. George. The boys went on a 3 mile hike and they honestly did not complain at all. They are still talking about the fun they had hiking and at the Emerald Pools where the hike led us. Kayden caught tadpoles there (only one of which survived and is not doing well), Boston was on a quest for the best hiking stick and lucked out in the middle of our long hike and McCoy got to hitch a ride on Chad everywhere and pull his hair and scratch his neck, all while laughing.
When we returned home on Sunday night, I luckily took our dirty clothes bag to the laundry room and discovered about 1/4 inch of water on the laundry room floor. At the same time, Chad had climbed on the roof because there was quite a lot of water coming out of the gutter and wanted to check the swamp cooler. At nearly the same time, we realized the issue and I started turning off the water as Chad came running to tell me to do just that.
Basically, the water line leading to our swamp cooler broke and water soaked through our roof, down through our bathroom and hallway walls, and down the ceiling of the laundry room. The next morning a man came to do a wet check of our house and told us what needed to be done.... part of the wallpaper in bathroom removed, part of the ceiling in the laundry room removed, molding in the hallway removed so holes could be drilled - all within the next 2-3 days, as the walls needed to be at least drying by 5-7 days.
Then he told us that we needed giant fans to run in our house for at least a week and even told us about one of his employees living in our neighborhood who he'd check out the fans to for free so we wouldn't have to pay. Really nice guy - both of them, actually.
So we did all those things and are currently living in a 90 degree house with 3 really loud fans trying to dry out our walls so mold doesn't grow. Luckily our swamp cooler and water lines were covered under home warranty still, but we have to work out all the details with the warranty company on that.
Anyway, as of now, if you're interested in what it's like walking through those air blasters they have at the end of car washes, or if you want to go way above and beyond the skirt flipping of Marilyn Monroe, come on over.
2 comments:
Wow- this week has been crazy between your flooding and your grandpa. That really SUCKS about your flooding. All that work. It's a blessing it's covered under warranty but you still have tons of work to do yourselves. Good luck with it all and hope it works out!
When it rains it pours for your guys...quite literally!! I think that is a homeowners WORST nightmare!!AAAAAAHHHHHH! Why does it always happen when the owners are away? particuarly after a GREAT vacation!
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