A Wet Start To The Day

@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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@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
24 Jul 20
Oh my goodness, this sounds really bad, I hope the maintenance will come with those vacuums that can collect water, I have one.
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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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@LadyDuck (472060)
• Switzerland
25 Jul 20
@simone10 I remember when our storage deposit was flooded because the fire sprinklers broke, we had to call the firefighters.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
26 Jul 20
@LadyDuck Oh my, that sounds like a big mess. We were lucky that nothing of ours was ruined.
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@thelme55 (77164)
• Germany
24 Jul 20
OMG! That is horrible. I hope it will get fixed soon.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
It was horrible! It wasn't until 11am before a new water heater was put in and everything back to normal.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
28 Jul 20
@thelme55 Thanks! The water heater is a lot bigger than the old one which is very good.
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@thelme55 (77164)
• Germany
25 Jul 20
@simone10 I am glad that you have a new water heater now.
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• 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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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
This is the first time I have ever had a hot water heater pour out water. I've had it stop heating the water but never had water everywhere. It's all fixed now
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• 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 (121729)
• 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
25 Jul 20
The same thing happened to the lady who lives below us. She had called maintenance before we had called. I don't know how much damage she had but I felt bad for her.
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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 (121729)
• 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 (181717)
• 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 (181717)
• 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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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
28 Jul 20
@DocAndersen See, I told you I wasn't awake yet
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
You lost me on that one but then again, I'm not quite awake yet this morning.
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@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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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
It was an awful morning but it's all taken care of now and the mess cleaned up.
@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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@marlina (154130)
• Canada
25 Jul 20
This is terrible, I hope it has been fixed right away
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
After talking to maintenance on the phone, my brother was able to turn the water off. It took maintenance about 30 minutes to get to us.
@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
28 Jul 20
What a disaster, I hope the maintenance man can repair it and that there is no lasting damage.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
1 Aug 20
It took them several hours, but we now have a newer and bigger one. So far, it doesn't appear that there is anything damaged.
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
24 Jul 20
Oh nooo, that is terrible. I hope they came by now and fixed the hot water heater. Sounds like you need a new one.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
We did get a new water heater and it's bigger than the one we had before.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
28 Jul 20
@gr8nana6 Yes, that does make me happy
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@gr8nana6 (6614)
• Conyers, Georgia
25 Jul 20
@simone10 Now that is good news, it will hold plenty of hot water for you.
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
24 Jul 20
OMG! That is awful. I’m sure once maintenance arrives, they will be Abe to vacuum up all that water and put in dehumidifier tanks to dry everything up. You May need a new hot water heater, too.
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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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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
26 Jul 20
@DianneN You and me both
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@DianneN (247184)
• United States
25 Jul 20
@simone10 Glad it’s done and over with.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
24 Jul 20
Hot and sunshine here. Take care. Hope your brother feels better.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
Thanks! He is feeling much better.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
25 Jul 20
@simone10 Good to hear.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
27 Jul 20
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• 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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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
Thank you! Maintenance got here within 30 minutes and then we had to wait until after 8am to get the new water heater. But it's all good now.
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• India
25 Jul 20
@simone10 that's good
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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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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
7 Aug 20
For us, it wouldn't have made a difference if we had checked it before going to bed. It happened in the early morning hours before we got up.
@Debscrochet (1947)
• United States
24 Jul 20
I had the same thing happen to me years ago. No fun
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
No, it wasn't any fun at all. I'm just glad it's all over now.
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@Shavkat (140118)
• Philippines
24 Jul 20
I hope the maintenance will be there soon. Nothing much in my world.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
Everything is finished now, and we have a new water heater.
@Juliaacv (51391)
• 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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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
No, it really wasn't at all. My brother and I were still half asleep as we tried to get up all the water. There isn't any carpet in the hall, so I am glad about that.
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@wolfgirl569 (108182)
• 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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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
Fortunately we were able to get all the water up. But, we had to use every towel and dish towel we had.
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@rhuenz (10643)
24 Jul 20
So bad,hope that maintenance person will gonna fix it very soon.
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
Yes, they were able to get us a new water heater.
• India
24 Jul 20
How much water was poured out?
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@simone10 (54187)
• Louisville, Kentucky
25 Jul 20
I don't know but we had about an inch or so of water in our hall.