What a miserable, expensive, soggy night!
 

Well it worked this way. I got home a couple of days ago after running for three or four days straight. Did my email and had some trouble posting, phone line was messed up, finally went to bed. Ran a couple more loads got home late last night. No phone line, out of order. Reported it, etc.

I live in a split level with a finished lower level with carpet on the concrete floor. Before the divorce it used to be my office and I still have five filing cabinets and much storage down there along with my radio bench and and whatnot.

Last night I did a bunch of paperwork, I located upstairs now that I live alone here. About three in the morning I went downstairs to get something from one of the files. I was in my shorts and barefoot. When I hit the bottom of the stairs I was in two inches of water.

A PVC pipe had broken on the 95 pound side of the regulator, spraying up soaking the bottom of the upstairs in the utility room. The whole level has been wet for a few days, don't know how long. Not just wet but water spraying up and bouncing off the ceiling. Two B engines have been getting a shower, the main electrical box in the shower, and of course the phone boxes. Everything metal is rusty so it has been a while.

One of the losses is a couple hundred rounds of 12 gage shells. I would guess that the .22, .25, .380, 38, 40 shells are OK, but I doubt that the 12 gage stuff is any good. I think there was three or four hundred rounds. Lot of lost stuff, wet converted GE 100 watt mobile radios that were used for packet, were stored on the floor.

At any rate I will be getting rid of a lot of stuff. The doors have destructed as well as some of the wall board. Spent the rest of the night, barefoot, with the commercial vacuum sucking up what I could. Knowing the problem I ran the air hose in and blew out some electrical boxes and whatnot, but this had to happen on a rainy day where things will not dry out. Have the air on down there to dehumidify some what but the carpets are still soggy. I counted, I drained 10 containers of 16 gallons each and it is far from out of water. In the other side of the lower level that is unfinished I used a sump pump to drain out the heavy stuff.

What a mess, Ivan did not get me, but I still got flooded.

Sorry to hear it, hope you had some coverage. I'd give ya a hand if I could.

Had that happen a few years ago, I feel your pain! You have a bunch of work ahead of you.

Suddenly, my clogged gutters don't seem like that big of an issue [eyecrazy] .

At least it wasn't the entire house. Hope everything works out for you.
PISTOL

Sorry about the loss, friend. Wish I could come by and lend a hand. One thing you may consider if you can get a blower, the type used to dry waxed floors, stick the discharge under one end of the carpet. Helps dry out real fast. I know I handle flods of this type on a regular basis.

You just can't seem to get a break can you? I hope everything goes alright for you.

Um, Maybe your name should be "Murphy," not the truck![laugh]

Sorry, Haulin, hope you get it cleaned up, and don't have to miss many runs.

Chris

You probably have a good point there :cool:

Hey Bill, really tough break! Been there, done that, and it ain't no fun!!!![yuk] If I were closer I would be there and bail you out. Literally in this case.
Let us know once you get the mess cleaned up and if any of it is covered under insurance.

Can I bring my R/C boat over?[laugh]

Just kidding of course. And I thought stepping on dog piles barefoot in the middle of the night were bad. [verymad]
Sorry for your loss. Hope the winders were up on the truck. 2" of water in your floor boards would be way worse :p

HID that stinks, sorry to hear about that happening. I hope that you can get it all fixed, too bad I'm here in Texas, otherwise I'd come give you a hand cleaning up.

Geese HID if it wern't for bad luck you wouldn't have no luck at all.
I think there was a song that went something like this

Bad luck & troubles been my only friend
I've been down ever since I was ten
Born under a bad sign[guitar]

Bill,

I don't know what to say. Your luck has been deplorable lately. I sure wish that I lived closer so I could lend a hand. Keep us posted on how things are working out.

DeWain

Bill, These times sure make you appreciate those boring good times;)

Good luck getting it all worked out, and be careful down there near that electrical with all that water;)

Just for the record, I stopped the water from spraying, used the air hose to blow off electrical circuits without touching them and then ran a grounded fault protected extention to the all plastic vacuum. I now have the concrete portion clear of water but still wet due to the humidity with light rain outside. The heavily padded carpet is still squishy and holds water. Each hour or so I go down and vacuum another 16 gallons of water from the carpet areas and then let it wick back up. Have fans and an infared heater going down there which should burn off some moisture. It was too chilly to run the air to dehumidify, could not keep it compressing. It will be a day or so before I get the carpet to a damp stage. Have to run Atlanta tomorrow so will be away for a day.