When we got home from Georgia, The floor in Christian's room had buckled up. (Remember it was a few years ago that we closed in the back half of the carport to make Christian his own room). Matthew didn't seem extremely surprised because he had glued the board down and thought maybe it had finally just popped up.
Well, after a couple of days, Christian kept saying it sounded like water was under it but of course, I didn't really believe him.....until the carpet seemed wet in spots and he was sure he hadn't spilled anything. Well, you guess it - the water heater in his room had busted while we were gone and had been leaking for days.
Fortunately, our insurance company was on the ball and we had a new water heater in a day and had a restoration team out there pulling it up and drying it right away, too. Not quite what we wanted as our Christmas gift but fortunately God had provided for us, so it was all good. Here are some pictures of the process....
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| See the wet board - water had soaked through it |
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| Pulling up the flooring |
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| Assessing the damage |
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| Really loud, heavy-duty fans flew on it for days to get it all dried out.... |
We actually ended up with better carpet than we had put in there - he loves it. Also, we became owners of Mimi & Papa Payne's hid-a-bed couch so once we got everything fixed, we were able to rearrange his room and get it all back in there.
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| The finished project |
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| Please understand that this is NOT what his room looks like on a regular basis - imagine clothes & trash everywhere....and that's would be more accurate!!! |
