Sunday, August 23, 2009

Water, pipes, and and a whole lot of wet towels

That sums up my weekend. :) I have to admit....it has been quiet around here this weekend, but definitely eventful. J informed me when I walked in the door on Friday afternoon that we have a big problem.....water in the basement that had leaked all the way to the basement stairs (which are carpeted mind you). We moved all the storage shelves and there was water everywhere. We thought of everything we could to figure out where that water was coming from. We cleaned it up and staged a dam if it happened again. We had no clue where it is coming from at that point. Later in the evening....MORE water. we just couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Went to bed....all OK in the morning. Very little water. We did noticed on Saturday that it appeared some of the water was coming up from the floor. We watched and watched. Later in the day.....MORE WATER! We couldnt' figure it out. Finally - after J's shower...we figured out any type of "forceful water" was causing water to come in.....washing machine, showers, etc.

Fast forward to Sunday.....I showered before church....no problem. Came home from church BIG PROBLEMS! Water everywhere. We discovered the problem....the waste water drain on the outside of the foundation has busted completely in two. At this point, we can't run any water for anything. As long as there is no water running...nothing is coming in.

Our neighbors were gracious enough to let us wash our clothes at their house this afternoon. :)

Our call for help to fix our water troubles will go out tomorrow morning. :) Say a prayer that it is fixed quickly and not too much cost.

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