Ug - flood in offcie

kaelaria · 05-07-2009, 12:44 AM

UG! About 5pm I noticed some water on the office floor (new laminate wood). I figured I tracked some in from outside (was fixing the sprinker system). Then I saw some more over by my wife's desk and knew I hadn't been over there - panic time. Yup, after careful examination, I had a full blown flood! Long story short the water main line cracked, and sent a stream of water through the shared office/2nd bath wall, under the storage closet carpet (ruining a 90% full roll of Ilford paper for about a $100 hit), and under the whole room's flooring. The wood was now starting to buckle at the seams and after ripping the whole room up, the underlayment was completely saturated leaving a pool to mop up. It had only been like that for a matter of a few hours at best, so I'm REALLY hoping the planks dry out and go back down. They aren't bad, but they aren't perfect. On the underside you can see the edges got soaked about 1" in all the way around each one. I have them laying upside down through the rest of the house, and have the ac cranked way up to try and dry them fast. I hope they don't take too long to dry out. The pipe was another mess to fix - I think I have the original break repaired, but now just turned the main back on and have another small leak downstream on a PVC joint, so that's an easy replacement.

And of course - no office means no computers. I'm on my studio laptop for the time being.

05-07-2009, 08:26 AM

Ouch. Hope the planks return to form!

05-07-2009, 08:44 AM

That is total suckage! Hopefully you can get this figured out without too much loss, and have something good come of it.

lightning9191 · 05-07-2009, 11:24 AM

That sucks! I hope it turns out alright.

WildBlueSooner · 05-07-2009, 12:12 PM

That sucks...hope everything works out. I had to deal with a basement flood once and it sucked!

kaelaria · 05-07-2009, 04:06 PM

Well today it looks like the planks may be ok, I'll give it more time though. Unfortunately another casualty was my $500 main monitor. I REALLY didn't need to replace that today

ucla695 · 05-07-2009, 08:36 PM

Sorry to hear that. You might want to put some fans pointed at the planks to help them dry.

kaelaria · 05-07-2009, 09:14 PM

I did, and they luckily all survived - I'm taking a break from reinstalling them right now!

05-07-2009, 12:44 AM	#1
kaelaria Cigarobsession.com Baby! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Bryan Location: Holiday, FL Posts: 736 Trading: (3)	Ug - flood in offcie UG! About 5pm I noticed some water on the office floor (new laminate wood). I figured I tracked some in from outside (was fixing the sprinker system). Then I saw some more over by my wife's desk and knew I hadn't been over there - panic time. Yup, after careful examination, I had a full blown flood! Long story short the water main line cracked, and sent a stream of water through the shared office/2nd bath wall, under the storage closet carpet (ruining a 90% full roll of Ilford paper for about a $100 hit), and under the whole room's flooring. The wood was now starting to buckle at the seams and after ripping the whole room up, the underlayment was completely saturated leaving a pool to mop up. It had only been like that for a matter of a few hours at best, so I'm REALLY hoping the planks dry out and go back down. They aren't bad, but they aren't perfect. On the underside you can see the edges got soaked about 1" in all the way around each one. I have them laying upside down through the rest of the house, and have the ac cranked way up to try and dry them fast. I hope they don't take too long to dry out. The pipe was another mess to fix - I think I have the original break repaired, but now just turned the main back on and have another small leak downstream on a PVC joint, so that's an easy replacement. And of course - no office means no computers. I'm on my studio laptop for the time being. __________________ Cigar Videos

05-07-2009, 08:26 AM	#2
sodomanaz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ug - flood in offcie Ouch. Hope the planks return to form!

05-07-2009, 08:44 AM	#3
Hardcz Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Ug - flood in offcie That is total suckage! Hopefully you can get this figured out without too much loss, and have something good come of it.

05-07-2009, 11:24 AM	#4
lightning9191 I think I'm normal... Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Kevin Posts: 1,007 Trading: (8)	Re: Ug - flood in offcie That sucks! I hope it turns out alright. __________________ I eat gummy bears by tearing them limb from limb and eating their heads last.

05-07-2009, 12:12 PM	#5
WildBlueSooner I'm nuts for the place Join Date: Feb 2009 First Name: James Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 3,322 Trading: (19)	Re: Ug - flood in offcie That sucks...hope everything works out. I had to deal with a basement flood once and it sucked! __________________ "To dilute the will to win is to destroy the purpose of the game. There is no substitute for victory"-- Douglas MacArthur

05-07-2009, 04:06 PM	#6
kaelaria Cigarobsession.com Baby! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Bryan Location: Holiday, FL Posts: 736 Trading: (3)	Re: Ug - flood in offcie Well today it looks like the planks may be ok, I'll give it more time though. Unfortunately another casualty was my $500 main monitor. I REALLY didn't need to replace that today __________________ Cigar Videos

05-07-2009, 08:36 PM	#7
ucla695 Neither here, nor there Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: The Pool Posts: 3,696 Trading: (5)	Re: Ug - flood in offcie Sorry to hear that. You might want to put some fans pointed at the planks to help them dry.

05-07-2009, 09:14 PM	#8
kaelaria Cigarobsession.com Baby! Join Date: Mar 2009 First Name: Bryan Location: Holiday, FL Posts: 736 Trading: (3)	Re: Ug - flood in offcie I did, and they luckily all survived - I'm taking a break from reinstalling them right now! __________________ Cigar Videos