This past weekend our basement flooded. See here for more details.
At first I thought the spring thaw caused the flood, but it turned out to be a sewer back up and thank god it is all covered by insurance. It took 8 hours, and 5 people to drain the basement, clear out all the storage items, clean the basement and sanitize it. Right now there are 20 dehumidifers/air circulators drying out the basement. The next step is to bring in heaters to dry out the foundation walls, since the sewer backed up through the weeping tile along all 4 walls of our house. Ick!
The insurance adjustor is coming by tomorrow to take a look. I had to take some pictures of the basement and it's contents for the insurance company. Here are a couple of them:
Here's a pic of the water level. It was over 5 inches in some areas, which doesn't seem like much, but since it is all contaminated, every item that was wet had to be put in the garbage. I was really worried about our boiler and hot water tank being affected, but so far everything is working. Keep your fingers crossed that the washer and dryer will also work. We haven't tried them yet, since we want to make sure they are completely dried out.
Of course, all our wood items sucked up the water and became damaged. This included a $3000 table top and french doors, among other wood items.
This is one of my favourite stone art pieces that also became damaged.
Here is a pic of the wood trim and insulation. That had to all be torn down.
I can't wait for all this to be behind us!
At first I thought the spring thaw caused the flood, but it turned out to be a sewer back up and thank god it is all covered by insurance. It took 8 hours, and 5 people to drain the basement, clear out all the storage items, clean the basement and sanitize it. Right now there are 20 dehumidifers/air circulators drying out the basement. The next step is to bring in heaters to dry out the foundation walls, since the sewer backed up through the weeping tile along all 4 walls of our house. Ick!
The insurance adjustor is coming by tomorrow to take a look. I had to take some pictures of the basement and it's contents for the insurance company. Here are a couple of them:
Here's a pic of the water level. It was over 5 inches in some areas, which doesn't seem like much, but since it is all contaminated, every item that was wet had to be put in the garbage. I was really worried about our boiler and hot water tank being affected, but so far everything is working. Keep your fingers crossed that the washer and dryer will also work. We haven't tried them yet, since we want to make sure they are completely dried out.
Of course, all our wood items sucked up the water and became damaged. This included a $3000 table top and french doors, among other wood items.
This is one of my favourite stone art pieces that also became damaged.
Here is a pic of the wood trim and insulation. That had to all be torn down.
I can't wait for all this to be behind us!
