COME ON!
/Gob
So the water heater at our house in Florida exploded today. And water was running out of the garage, down the driveway… good thing our neighbors saw it and turned off the water for us. Thank goodness for that. The realtor went by and checked it out. There’s water in the attic (because the top blew off the water heater and shot water straight up into the attic). I’m guessing a lot of the wood rafters are soggy, and I hope they don’t start to rot. And I’m sure the drywall “ceiling” of the garage is soaked in places (plus it’s obviously done for in the spot where the water heater exploded). It won’t surprise me if there is water damage in the wall of the garage.
Which means that we can’t sell the house until after that’s fixed. The realtor called a plumber out and also is having a house-inspector friend of hers come see how bad things are. No idea if this will be a claim on our house insurance.
So I’m feeling a little beat down for the day. Worked until 7:30, finally stopped working when I realized I was starting to have seizures. After getting less than six hours of sleep last night, I’m ready for bed.
The second half of Idol will have to wait until tomorrow.
Night, peeps.
You were lucky. At least none of the piece flew threw a wall or the ceiling. Water damage can be fixed fairly easily.
February 21st, 2008 at 9:54 amFeel free to blame me. I’ve been to your house. I flood houses. People always blame me.
Do you need me to go there this weekend and try to help?
I wonder if it was like that episode of Mythbusters.
February 21st, 2008 at 11:11 am[…] seems my younger brother is honing his house-flooding skills. And now, Frank and Sarah have had an exploding hot water heater at their home here in Florida. The one they’re trying to […]
February 21st, 2008 at 11:15 amso sorry, that stinks! we’ll keep you in our prayers!
February 21st, 2008 at 3:01 pmYour homeowners insurance should kick in for that - contact your agent. we had a pipe burst upstairs in our old house and insurance took care of everything.
I hope you have the same luck!!
February 21st, 2008 at 6:07 pmYikes!!! I am sorry to hear that. water heaters suck! We had to replace our just recently - it had been leaking on the back side and of course, turns out that was the low spot on the floor rather than on the other side where the drain is! So we had nasty, rotten baseboards and drywall. Fun times. Has writersblock secretly been to my house too?
February 21st, 2008 at 9:38 pmLottiedottie: I swear I have never been to your house! But don’t invite me or you’re guaranteed to have a real big flood!
February 21st, 2008 at 11:29 pm