Early this afternoon we "noticed" it appeared that our toilet had overflowed!!! Ha Ha no such luck. It ended up, a few minutes later, with water everywhere. After an
immediate reaction from our apartment management, we had plumbers, construction engineers and you name, in and out of our apartment. The problem was a main sewer line being clogged in our entire building. Other apartments were compromised as well as ours. To sum up a very "entertaining" afternoon!!!
We were lucky. A few of our neighbors ended up with sewage in their tubs! All our water was clean, thank goodness!. Regardless the entire place was sprayed with a biological substance. All these fans and the humidifier will remain until Saturday. Tomorrow it will be determined if the floor can be refinished or replaced.
All this from a clogged sewer pipe 100 feet down!
MC and I have so much respect and thanks to the management of our apartment for the quick and thorough response.
An additional insult was that we lost our new TV in the process. The vibrations from a wet-vac caused the TV to fall forward, crushing the screen.
"THE JOYS OF LIVING IN PARADISE"
So in the spirit of it all we went out for dinner and a couple of drinks! We will have my brother and sister in law for dinner on Sunday and it will all be behind us.
Enjoy
Patty
Oh no...so sorry for all of the trouble and a broken tv, but thank goodness no sewage. That would have been the worst. Fingers crossed the floors are ok and this will soon be behind you!!
ReplyDeleteGeeeezzzzz...hope the dinner out and nice glass if wine eased the fiasco!!
ReplyDeleteThat's so horrible! I would have been in a tailspin but at least it was water only and not sewage. Of course dealing with water can be a minefield of it's own and I'm in awe of your positive spin on this.
ReplyDeleteWHOOOOAAAHHHHHH. That's insane! How are all your boxes!?
ReplyDeleteOh my gosh!!! So sorry about that :( Have more wine :) xoxo
ReplyDeleteIt is refreshing to see a company that can react so quickly with more up-to-date technology for such a primordial service. Just reading about what they did brings one thing to mind: Safety. Getting that mess taken care of quickly was, I'm sure, a load off of your shoulders. I am glad it wasn't a total loss.
ReplyDeleteDarryl Housand @ Haaker Equipment Company
Oh that’s awful. I’ve had issues with my sewer main before, and it’s such a pain. Takes up your entire day. At least the response was quick, and you don’t have to worry about the expense since it’s the responsibility of the municipality to get everything working as it should again.
ReplyDeleteLovella Cushman @ Perfection Plumbing