A Wet Start To The Day
By Sharon
@simone10 (54187)
Louisville, Kentucky
July 24, 2020 3:59am CST
Ok, it's not as bad as the above picture but it feels that way. I just woke up to water pouring out of our hot water heater. The hall is flooded as well as closets and it's almost reached the kitchen.
I woke my brother up, and he turned the water to the hot water heater off, and we just used all the towels we have to try and get up as much water as we can but it hasn't helped much.
Now we are waiting for maintenance to get here. He called and is 30 minutes away. All the excitement has made my brother's chest hurt, so he is lying down in his bed until someone gets here.
What a way to start a Friday morning. How's your day so far?
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
It took maintenance about 30 minutes to get to us as the guy didn't live on property. By that time we had used every single towel and dish towel we had and were able to get all the water up. This happened around 4:30am and it wasn't completed until almost 11am.
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@Marilynda1225 (82582)
• United States
24 Jul 20
Yikes!! not a good way to start your day and hope the maintenance guy showed up quickly. I've had that happen in my other house but thankfully the hot water heater was in the basement. Still a pain but at least it didn't ruin anything.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
26 Jul 20
@Marilynda1225 I definitely have been lucky.
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@Marilynda1225 (82582)
• United States
25 Jul 20
@simone10 I'm glad it's all fixed. You're lucky that it never happened before.
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@moffittjc (121499)
• Gainesville, Florida
24 Jul 20
I had that happen to me in an apartment I lived in about 20 years ago. I was on the second floor. I awoke to a banging at my door, and it was the downstairs neighbor alerting me to the fact that her apartment was flooded due to my broken water heater. Of course, my apartment was flooded as well, but it was worse for her because it did serious damage to her walls and ceiling. It took a long time for them to repair all the damage in her apartment.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
28 Jul 20
@moffittjc I can see how that would be a problem. I wonder how someone would know if water got inside a wall or not unless mold started popping up.
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@moffittjc (121499)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Jul 20
@simone10 Water in conscious places is easy to clean up, that is usually not the issue. The issue is the water that gets inside the walls and up in the ceiling. It becomes a dangerous potential to create mold, especially if there isn't an easy way to get to the water to remove/dry it out.
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@LindaOHio (176652)
• United States
24 Jul 20
Sounds like you need a new hot water heater. I'm glad ours is down the basement. What a mess! I hope your brother feels better. My day is OK. Hope things improve for you.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
Yes, we did get a new water heater. It's a lot bigger one too. It wasn't until almost 11am before they were completely finished. My brother felt better afterwards. He has a heart condition and when he over exerts or gets scared or anxious, it causes his chest to hurt.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
29 Jul 20
@LindaOHio Thank you! I don't want anymore Fridays like that again.
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@LindaOHio (176652)
• United States
26 Jul 20
@simone10 I'm glad your brother feels better and that you have a new water heater.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
24 Jul 20
you may want to close your windows -
it has been raining the past 4 days!
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See, I told you I wasn't awake yet @DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
25 Jul 20
@simone10 i was joking about the picture you choose, sorry should have been specific
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
24 Jul 20
That's not a very nice morning for both of you. Hopefully, it will get fixed soon.
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@cherriefic (10399)
• Philippines
25 Jul 20
@simone10 That's good to hear. At least it's no longer flooded.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
28 Jul 20
@cherriefic I am very thankful for that. My brother was able to turn the water off to the water heater or it could have been a lot worse.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
It really was an awful thing to wake up to, especially when you are still half asleep. We were lucky and were able to get all the water up, but we did have to use all of our towels and dish towels. We spent the rest of the day washing all of those towels. They did install a new water heater and it's a lot bigger than the original one.
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@Butterfingers (66583)
• India
24 Jul 20
Sorry about that dear hope the maintenance guys can do something quickly. Hope your brother is feeling better now
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@Overflowing (3709)
•
6 Aug 20
I remember that kind of incident in a hotel during a super typhoon here..lets just double check everything before we go to sleep
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@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
24 Jul 20
I had the same thing happen to me years ago. No fun
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@Juliaacv (50851)
• Canada
24 Jul 20
That isn't a great way to start your day off.
Hopefully they will arrive soon to vacuum up the excess water and put some big industrial fans down to dry everything.
My morning is going well, I was up early today and enjoyed reading some posts here on the site.
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@wolfgirl569 (105254)
• Marion, Ohio
24 Jul 20
Hopefully they have some wet vacs to help dry everything back out. Not a good start.
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