Indoor Fountain!

Abby and I came home from an awesome UCM volleyball match. We stepped on our family room floor and splashed each other. What the heck? We found standing water on our kitchen and basement floors and steady streams falling from our basement ceiling. It was quickly diagnosed as the hot water pipe to the kitchen sink failed. Water was quickly turned off, towels procured, and we went crazy just trying to get the water off the kitchen floor. (No pics of that since that was the first thing we did.)

I then - foolishly - asked Abby to go to Wal-Mart and buy a wet/dry vacuum. She looked at me blankly and asked if it would be a better idea to call the insurance company. Duh.

Now - I don't want this to happen to anyone. It really sucks. But USAA was awesome on the phone. Less than two hours after calling we have a water mitigation/restoration crew from Kansas City that came to Warrensburg.

As I sit here typing this at 12:30 a.m. they are in the basement and family room cleaning and drying things off. Abby is asleep in bed and I am listening to the HUGE vacuum motor that is attached to their truck.

So what's the final damage? Not sure yet. We'll find out late tomorrow. But it sounds like the kitchen floor will have to be replaced, the exterior walls have to be opened to get to the wet insulation, and the basement's gonna be out of commission for a while. It sucks - especially less than 5 days until Thanksgiving and we're hosting family. But we're safe, the dogs are safe, and the house is in - generally - good shape.

We'll keep you posted....