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That Wet Bath Mat Could Be Telling You Something!
In the not so distant past, whenever Jack and Katrina would take a shower, our bathroom floor would resemble a big puddle. Water would be splashed about and the bathmat would be soaked. But finally they got the hang of drying off inside the shower/tub before stepping out and the wet floors dried up. Thank goodness!
Well, then about a month ago, the wet mats started again. This was right after Daniel had come back from Bloomington and I thought maybe he had gotten out of the habit of drying off in the shower. I didn't say anything for awhile (contrary to popular belief, fussing at hubby is not a favorite pastime for me). So...I didn't say anything, just kept changing the mats out and fussing under my breath.
Then we went to Chicago and when we came back, the first person to take a shower was Daniel and the rug was soaking wet. So I confronted him. Turns out, he had dried off in the shower and was surprised when he stepped out on damp floor...the plot thickens...he had been the only one in there. So then we got to poking around and come to realize that the water was coming up under our floor boards! There was a leak under there! Uh oh....
So the plumber came out today to see how things were. We live in a doublewide and under our home there is insulation and then there is a plastic covering designed to keep critters out. Well, it was touching the ground because the insulation was soaked through with water. Turns out we needed to call a company called ServPro to come and drain the water out and clear away the mess and see what else needed to be done. Then we had to call our homeowner's insurance and make a claim regarding the water damage.
During all of this, I was busily baking brownies and cookies for the youth bake sale tomorrow.
So...the plumber fixed the children's shower which hasn't worked in years so that we could use it because we didn't know how long ours would be out of commission. I had to leave to do bake sale stuff. When I returned there were two green trucks in the driveway and garbage bags of insulation in the driveway.
I entered the house and there were three strangers in my bathroom. Then they took out a garbage bag and I went in...All of my tile is gone. I now have just plywood and it has some lovely huge black mildew stains on it...not to mention that all the stuff from the bathroom is now crowding my already crowded bedroom floor.
The big green things are the dehumidifiers and fans now in place to help dry things up.
Then, they moved to the laundry room off the kitchen and started moving all of my belongings out of there...before they ripped up the tile to expose more mildew....
The hose for the dehumidifier in the laundry room goes to my kitchen sink...can't wait to try and do dishes!
So, here we are...Friday before a holiday weekend. I have a mountain of laundry to do again which I will be taking across the street to the office (I am blessed to have that as an option). I have even less walking space in my home than normal and my kitchen is not as usable as normal. Did I mention we are supposed to be having a cookout on Sunday!? Where we will have somewhere between 8 and 12 extra people here? Did I mention that we can no longer get out of our back door (which will hinder the dining process)? Did I mention that we are only going to be able to use one of our bathrooms for the next four days?????
Okay...I am trying to hold it all together here, but I was really pretty stressed out anyway with us leaving in just 13 days and the bake sale tomorrow and all of the other stuff I have to do before we leave. I feel like I may explode any minute now!
Phew...take a deep breath...
I have vented on my blog. There is nothing I can do about current conundrum, so will just go with the flow....breathe in and out...in and out....
The insurance adjustor is here by the way...my insurance would cover more if the pipe had burst and made a huge mess all at once, but with a slow leak...they don't cover as much...GO FIGURE THAT ONE OUT!!!
So, I say again...that wet bath mat could be telling you something! Be sure to listen!
