Shortly after arriving at work this morning I got a phone call from Holly. Apparently the toilet had started flooding the bathroom for what appears to be no really apparent reason. Luckily I had the scooter at work, and that meant I could get home rather quickly.
I made it home in about five minutes, sent Holly and Jack on a run to the store to get Jack some diapers because he was almost out, and then set to work figuring out how to fix the predicament the bathroom was currently in. I put in a call to the maintenance folks at Wymount and about ten minutes later a guy showed up to make sure the toilet drain was clear. It didn't take him very long, but he had the unfortunate news of letting me know that the cleanup of the water was basically up to me because they didn't have a crew available today.
That meant that I got to throw down all of our towels and then pick them up, wring them out in the bathtub and repeat the process over and over until the almost 1 inch of water filling the bathroom floor was gone. It took a little while, but I got it all taken care of (luckily the water was just clean water). The biggest problem is a rather largely sized wet spot in the hallway between the bathroom, bedrooms, and living room. I got out our box fan and put it to work, and then had to come back to the office because nobody else was in yet.
Holly told me a bit later that Wymount finally sent some guys over with a carpet vacuum to suck out most of the water and leave an industrial fan to help speed along the drying process. It may dry faster, but I'm sure that noisy fan isn't making Jack all that happy.
8 years ago
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