What I thought was a disaster turned out to be a nice blessing
On October 31st (Halloween morning) I woke up to Alleah screaming "The toilet is broken!!" as yucky poop water flooded the main bathroom. I of course tried my hardest to stop and my husband wasn't answering so I called my next go to guy (my dad). I did what he said I kept plunging it but it just would not stop coming. finally it stopped. THEN Raylee of course had to pee so I told her to go to our second bathroom (in my room).... NOPE. i tested it first before pee got all over as well. It would not stop coming no matter what. Called my dad again and he told me to turn off the water. so I did. Sometimes it amazes me how I've survived owning a house so long.
Anyway, call the plumber guy Joey knows. explained what happened. he told me to call the drain Surgeon. so I did. Made a time to come right away.
I thought... oh my bathroom in my room is going to need work on so I thought I'd put Liam to sleep in the basement in the play pen. go down stairs & say HOLY CRAP! the whole ceiling under my bathroom was off. water everywhere. check the laundry room and it was "raining" from the other bathroom. Imdiately start freaking out with "this is going to cost a fortune! I wanted to sell this house in 2 years!!"
Have the drain Surgeon come.
side note: the kids enjoyed the potty training potty more then I liked and my throwing it outside hahaha. Since we had no toilets.
then call my insurance agent and get his advice and he told me to file a claim and if the damages was more then my deductible then to go for it.
The main pipe was backed up and all the water had nowhere to go except out. out both toilets.
RAZR restoration came out to give me an estimate on the damages and he said alot more then my deductible. so I filed a claim. got some adjusters to take pictures and all that fun stuff to see what things are worth and such.
Anyway, got the estimate and the damages was over $13,000!! woozers!!
We were in a hotel for a little because both toilets were out and it wasn't "livable"
once they got a toilet in and the floor down the insurance stopped paying for the hotel. But, it was gross, guys in and out I didn't feel ok with us 4 being there all day and Joey at work so we've been at my parents. I'm incredibly thankful they opened their home to us! it's been a party for the girls. it's been pretty exhausting for me with scheduling, the animals driving farther to Alleahs school. but it's been good.
All things are looking up. got brand new floors. vanities. and they're going to replace the entire downstairs carpet. I'm excited. We should be back home by next week. I got a little frustrated how slow he was being so I kicked him in gear ;) haha jk. The owner is LDS and he's pretty nice. All of it has been a huge pain. But it will add so much value to our home for when we do sell in less then 2 years.
I am ready to go back home and get back into the swing of things and decorate for Christmas.
