Floods
So, floods come in three's, right?
My washer has created a flood, I assuem from a pip.e Waiting for emergency repair people.
Water s an inch deep in powder room and one end of living room --away from computer fortunately.
More probably MUCH later.
S
Thanks for the comments and sympathy.
Here's a breakdown of the events to date:
I was doing laundry from about 8 pm last night until at least 10:00-10:20.
A little after 10 p.m., I got up from the computer and started toward the laundry room ( laundry closet, really) at the other end of the living room. Dark spots were on the carpet at about the halfway mark, more or less in the shape of cat paws. I thought the cats had gotten into something filthy and walked it into the carpet--until I walked unto the area and my bedroom slipper went squoosh in about an inch of water. From there to the laundry rm, and into the powder room, it was standing water.
The washing machine was off, but inside of it were waterlogged clothes that must have been near the end of the cycle.. No leaking sounds i.e. drip-drip, just a shallow lake all over.
I called the emergency beeper at 10:20. Didn't get an immediate answer. Called the rental office --which was closed of course--and tried to leave a message with them for Monday. Then I called the beeper # again.
This time I got an answer but I could heardly distinguish what the man was saying. My best guess is that he was at a movie--an action movie with loud music-- because I heard what sounded like sound effects as well as loud music.
I finally got accross to him what the situatin looked like, and made sure to point out that the water was probably dripped into the apartment below mine. (Had they called too?) He took my apartment # and said he would be there right away.
As he was signing off, I heard him say , "We've got to go." I suspect now that the person(s) with him objected. Something along the lines of we paid for the tickets and we should stay until the end, maybe.
At any rate, no one showed up. I phoned the beeper again a few minutes of midnight but didn't even get a response.
In the meantime, I was lucky enough to shepherd both cats into the bedroom/bathroom area. The doorway between the bedroom and far end of the living room was slightly damp but most of the bedroom was untouched. The second litter box is in the bathroom. Later I slipped in and aded the water bowl and food. They took it pretty well--I think because water was involved and two of them were together.
I sat up for a while and worked and reisted the urge to keep calling in beeper number. Went to bed about 3 p.m., sneaking into the bedroom to do so. Set the alarm for 10 a.m. this morning, just in case someone might actually come to do anything.
This morning, I called the beeper number at 10:30 am. No response at first; howevber, a few minutes later that housekeeping lady came to the door. Did I know I had a leak? I was dripping into the partment below mine. Yupper, I had kind of guessed I had a leak--starting some 12 hours earlier. I caught her up to date. She went away.Shortly thereafter the repairman answered by beep. Possibly a different repairman but I think not. In any case, he -acted- like he knew nothing about the calls the previous evening. I gave him my apartment #.
The cleaning lady came back a few minutes latter and I filled her in. The repairman arrived at 11:20 a.m. and left a few minutes ago at about 1:15 p.m. His purpose was not to fix the washer but to get rid of as much water as possible. This he worked on fairly incompetently and counterintuitively--beginning with the tinist wet-dry vac I have every seen but eventually moving up to the industrial strength one. His last act was to put one of those air blowers in here. As soon as he left, I moved it so that it would dry out the laundry room and powder room floors first. In a half hour or so, I'll move it back to a strategic location to begin drying the most critical chunk of carpeting.
The place-- even more than usual -- looks like a tornado hit it. I'm hungry and my back hurts slightly. Also slightly sleepy. The cats are still shut up and I'm not sure yet when I'll let them out. They've really taken this very well.
In the meantime, I waiting for another knock on the door. Just because.
Did I mention that the repairman says the washing machine will be fixed in the morning? Yeah. Kind of like the dry walling of the bathrom ceiling would be fixed a couple of days later.
I wonder what will mildew or disintegrate. Lysol's god for bacteria. What is good for mold and mildew?
All for now.
My washer has created a flood, I assuem from a pip.e Waiting for emergency repair people.
Water s an inch deep in powder room and one end of living room --away from computer fortunately.
More probably MUCH later.
S
Thanks for the comments and sympathy.
Here's a breakdown of the events to date:
I was doing laundry from about 8 pm last night until at least 10:00-10:20.
A little after 10 p.m., I got up from the computer and started toward the laundry room ( laundry closet, really) at the other end of the living room. Dark spots were on the carpet at about the halfway mark, more or less in the shape of cat paws. I thought the cats had gotten into something filthy and walked it into the carpet--until I walked unto the area and my bedroom slipper went squoosh in about an inch of water. From there to the laundry rm, and into the powder room, it was standing water.
The washing machine was off, but inside of it were waterlogged clothes that must have been near the end of the cycle.. No leaking sounds i.e. drip-drip, just a shallow lake all over.
I called the emergency beeper at 10:20. Didn't get an immediate answer. Called the rental office --which was closed of course--and tried to leave a message with them for Monday. Then I called the beeper # again.
This time I got an answer but I could heardly distinguish what the man was saying. My best guess is that he was at a movie--an action movie with loud music-- because I heard what sounded like sound effects as well as loud music.
I finally got accross to him what the situatin looked like, and made sure to point out that the water was probably dripped into the apartment below mine. (Had they called too?) He took my apartment # and said he would be there right away.
As he was signing off, I heard him say , "We've got to go." I suspect now that the person(s) with him objected. Something along the lines of we paid for the tickets and we should stay until the end, maybe.
At any rate, no one showed up. I phoned the beeper again a few minutes of midnight but didn't even get a response.
In the meantime, I was lucky enough to shepherd both cats into the bedroom/bathroom area. The doorway between the bedroom and far end of the living room was slightly damp but most of the bedroom was untouched. The second litter box is in the bathroom. Later I slipped in and aded the water bowl and food. They took it pretty well--I think because water was involved and two of them were together.
I sat up for a while and worked and reisted the urge to keep calling in beeper number. Went to bed about 3 p.m., sneaking into the bedroom to do so. Set the alarm for 10 a.m. this morning, just in case someone might actually come to do anything.
This morning, I called the beeper number at 10:30 am. No response at first; howevber, a few minutes later that housekeeping lady came to the door. Did I know I had a leak? I was dripping into the partment below mine. Yupper, I had kind of guessed I had a leak--starting some 12 hours earlier. I caught her up to date. She went away.Shortly thereafter the repairman answered by beep. Possibly a different repairman but I think not. In any case, he -acted- like he knew nothing about the calls the previous evening. I gave him my apartment #.
The cleaning lady came back a few minutes latter and I filled her in. The repairman arrived at 11:20 a.m. and left a few minutes ago at about 1:15 p.m. His purpose was not to fix the washer but to get rid of as much water as possible. This he worked on fairly incompetently and counterintuitively--beginning with the tinist wet-dry vac I have every seen but eventually moving up to the industrial strength one. His last act was to put one of those air blowers in here. As soon as he left, I moved it so that it would dry out the laundry room and powder room floors first. In a half hour or so, I'll move it back to a strategic location to begin drying the most critical chunk of carpeting.
The place-- even more than usual -- looks like a tornado hit it. I'm hungry and my back hurts slightly. Also slightly sleepy. The cats are still shut up and I'm not sure yet when I'll let them out. They've really taken this very well.
In the meantime, I waiting for another knock on the door. Just because.
Did I mention that the repairman says the washing machine will be fixed in the morning? Yeah. Kind of like the dry walling of the bathrom ceiling would be fixed a couple of days later.
I wonder what will mildew or disintegrate. Lysol's god for bacteria. What is good for mold and mildew?
All for now.