February 2014 Moms
iwubrory
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Hell, my day wasn't supposed to go like this either
iwubrory
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I was upstairs doing laundry when DH comes to tell me I have to look at something. He sounded really strange so I was immediately concerned. Water was leaking from the ceiling of our brand new, only been lived in for 31 days house. It came from three different fixtures in.
Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, it's not the builder's fault. My BIL installed the drain hose from our washer to the wall drain. Our best guess is that he only put a small portion of the hose into the drain, instead of shoving it deep into the drain, so the washer's vibration was able to make it come out.
DH is upset with himself because it was his responsibility to double check that his brother did it correctly. So now we can see the seams in the sheet rock where the leak was, otherwise you'd never know. We put a call into our homeowner's insurance. I have no idea if the damage is more than our $2500 deductible. We probably would leave it if we knew that would be the only issue from the leak since it's not extremely noticeable. But, there's a lot of moisture up there, I'm sure it will take a long time to dry, and mold is a scary thing.
I've stayed surprisingly calm throughout, I just can't believe this happened. Plus, spending $2500 on this sucks.
Unfortunately or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, it's not the builder's fault. My BIL installed the drain hose from our washer to the wall drain. Our best guess is that he only put a small portion of the hose into the drain, instead of shoving it deep into the drain, so the washer's vibration was able to make it come out.
DH is upset with himself because it was his responsibility to double check that his brother did it correctly. So now we can see the seams in the sheet rock where the leak was, otherwise you'd never know. We put a call into our homeowner's insurance. I have no idea if the damage is more than our $2500 deductible. We probably would leave it if we knew that would be the only issue from the leak since it's not extremely noticeable. But, there's a lot of moisture up there, I'm sure it will take a long time to dry, and mold is a scary thing.
I've stayed surprisingly calm throughout, I just can't believe this happened. Plus, spending $2500 on this sucks.
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Re: Hell, my day wasn't supposed to go like this either
Two years ago when we were renting in the UK, we had a tap explosion while we were out of town and the entire first floor was flooded. It took months for the letting company to get it sorted, all of our appliances shorted, and lots of our stuff was damaged/ruined. No fun at all.
I have always been afraid of this. I found humidity sensors that I mounted by the laundry machines and under all sinks in the house. They were $20 each at the time. I think I found them at lowes.