The Big Flood

We had a really big water leak in our house in September that caused a lot of damage. It happened when my parents were here visiting. My Dad walked into the kids' bathroom and found a ton of water was covering the floor. Water was leaking out from the tank of the toilet. We are not sure how long the water was leaking but it caused enough damage to seep under the wall into Brynley's room to soak her carpet, caused damage to the wall between the bathroom and her room, ruined the floor in the bathroom as well as the vanity. It leaked downstairs into Trav's office and soaked part of his carpet and caused a lot of damage to walls as well as the ceiling in the closet, it also leaked into the downstairs bathroom causing damage to the floor and one wall. We did not realize the extent of damage until 4 days after it happened and the carpet in Bryn's room was not drying out. I was talking to a friend about it and she said to call our insurance company and maybe we can get it dried out and get new tile in the kids' bathroom. That is all I thought, we had no idea it spread everywhere. I knew we had to pay a deductible of $1000 and the insurance company sent out a mitigation company. They came, tore everything out, the walls, carpet, the vanity, and the flooring in both bathrooms. The water also damaged Travis' office furniture. They left 15 large, noisy fans for 4 days and the water was finally gone, as well as the noise.

Three weeks after they took all the fans out, the same company came to put our house back together. They have been here a week and a half so far and still have about a week left until it is all done. We are getting new tile in the upstairs and downstairs bathrooms, wood floor in Trav's office and new paint colors. They rebuilt all the walls and one ceiling. The 3 oldest kids have been sharing a room for over a month now and Bryn has been sleeping in the girls' room. Trav's office and desk have moved out to our family room and the garage is full of boxes. We have all been sharing the master bathroom and our bedroom has a couple of dressers and a crib. Also, to make things more appealing, we have wonderful outhouse in front of our house for the workers since we are down to 1 bathroom. We feel a little like WT but what can we do. I think all the neighborhood kids have loved it! I keep reminding myself that this could have been a lot worst, it is just a little inconvenience. We are grateful for good homeowners insurance, the total cost for this is just under $15,000 and all we have paid is our deductible and then a little extra for upgrades. I will post pictures when all the construction is done and we are back to normal life.

This is where it all started, the toilet upstairs.

Kids' bathroom

Bryn's room and the wall that is shared with the bathroom.
Downstairs bathroom
Trav's office and the door that leads into the closet.

The office closet.

The office window, this is on the opposite side from the closet. The water traveled along the ceiling and down this wall.