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A Guywe found out a main water line busted outside on our main street
wow scary. Good thing you did not lose anything, but do you know who is going to cover the cost of getting the floors fixed and everything cleaned up to prevent mold?
I had something very similar happen to me once. The maintenance guys were doing some work on the water heater and had the water to the building turned off. The neighbor upstairs turned on the water on the bathroom sink and when nothing came out, just walked away. She eventually left home to run some errands. Shortly after maintenance turned the water back on I had hot water streaming through the light fixture in my ceiling.
Now I live on the top floor...
Yea it was pretty intense stuff going on for the next two days I just woke up I was over tired slept 18 hours did not really want to I had stuff I wanted to take care of today, but I guess I needed the sleep, our landlord has insurance on everything so hes covering everything seems to be alright now, the house is finally dry what we can see, I am sure under the house is still wet but our land lord is stopping by tomorrow with a carpet cleaner, but our porch carpet we are going to tear up to see what is under it because it is still wet from friday, and we are going to take off one of the baseboards to look under the sub floor to see what's under there,
Swifty.
I hope that is true, but landlord insurance usually only covers the landlord's losses, not the tenant's. A renter usually requires having their own insurance to cover their losses.our landlord has insurance on everything so hes covering everything seems to be alright now
Seriously. I know that sucked, but it could have sucked a gazillion times more. Last year I was examining the water line of one of the toilets at our house, had not turned off the water yet, I was just checking to see what size it was so I would get the right kind of replacement at Home Depot. I barely touched the thing, didn't unscrew it, didn't even want to unscrew it, I just wanted to see what was written on the paper taped to the hose, and it popped off. I guess it hadn't been changed in decades, and water started shooting all over the bathroom. Our house was built about 40 years ago, so there is no main line cutoff inside. It's outside by the curb. So I tried to screw the line back on and it wouldn't go, it was like a damn Three Stooges episode. I was absolutely drenched, like I'd just jumped in the pool. So I had to run to the @#$%! garage, get the water key, run out the @#$%! front door, open the box and turn it off. By the time I did all this, our bathroom and laundry room and part of the kitchen was flooded. I couldn't believe how fast that water was coming out.
Minimal damage to the wood floors, thankfully, but I feel your pain, Swifty.
If the water causes those floor boards to warp, the landlord may need to use Squeeeeek No More to keep the boards from squeaking...either that or lay a new floor.