had our very own flood last night.
Daniel being the manly man that he is ripped out the old dishwasher. The valve in the house didn't exactly turn off everything in the house:)
here's how it went down...
Daniel: screaming at me to grab towels
Me: ending nursing (poor naomi) early
neighbor :bringing over more towels
Daniel :on the phone with Dad finds out he needs to shut the water off outside
Me :building a dam of towels to keep water from getting on my in-laws $1,500 rug
Neighbor: sucking up gallons of water with a shopvac
Daniel: digging through the mud to get to the valve outside
Me: sucking up more water
Neighbor: grabs the special tool to turn off valve outside
Daniel: finally turns water off
Me : run 3 loads of towels
Neighbor: goes home
Daniel: tosses old dishwasher out the door
Me: hand washes dinner dishes only to have all the water run out from under the sink and discover that all the wood underneath caved in. Clean out under sink. Place bucket underneath. Mop floors.
Kiddos: snoozing throughout
Please note there was no {auidible}swearing involved
(Now the colorful language going on inside my head is another story)
Towels, Dishes, Floors, and myself were all washed by midnight
New washer arrived today.
For better or for worse my Mr.fix-it-hubby is out of town so installation maybe a new story all on its own come Sunday.
7 comments:
oh man!!! That is crazy. Hopefully the new dishwasher is less trouble :)
so sorry! I hope nothing was ruined. Two of my best friends just had floods. One's kitchen, laundry room, and a bathroom were ruined when her washer leaked. The other one's basement was destroyed when their sprinklers malfunctioned and ran all night. What is it with all the flooding?
What a nightmare! Good thing you have such helpful neighbors :)
And isn't it just typical of how you buy a house and then everything starts falling apart?
great post! even though I'm sure it wasn't funny at the time, it sounds funny now. it's hard to live in the in-laws house with little kids.....isn't it? but i guess you can't blame this on them:) and at least you'll get a brand new dishwasher!!
Spa day anyone?
OH NO!!! We had a very similar situation with the, thinking if you just turn the water inside off... and me suggesting turning all the water off!!! Not until we had all the towels in the house on our kitchen floor! I totally meant to tell you that it is WORTH EVERY PENNY to pay someone else to come in and do it for you. So SORRY. I truly meant to tell you!!!!!
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