Disaster struck! Our water heater burst and ruined our finished basement the other night. Wen turned on the hot water upstairs and it was scalding, so she went to the basement to see if something was wrong with the water heater and there was three inches of water in the utility closet and the water had flooded the carpet in the family room. The baseboards were soaked and there was drywall damage also.
Wen was up practically all night, trying to soak up water, but the water heater just kept leaking, so she was fighting a losing battle and when the water damage company guy came to assess the damage, he found quite a lot.
Fortunately, Wen was able to get a plumber out quickly to take out the water heater and the water damage guy spent the entire afternoon working on getting water out of the carpet and removing baseboards. He set up ten gigantic air blasters to begin the subfloor drying process, which are still on and are very loud, so we Scotties have been very curious what’s happening in the basement.
We had to spend a lot of time upstairs in a bedroom with workmen going in and out and Sadie sort of freaked out initially and started barking because of all the commotion, but she quickly calmed down. Strangers in the house seem to upset her, not to mention all the noise!
After the workmen left, we Scotties ran around to try to see what had happened, but since the basement was all torn up and the air blasters were on, Wen had closed the door to the basement, which was a good thing, since those air blasters would have really freaked out Sadie!
We have to wait three more days to get our new water heater so the floors completely dry out, which means no hot water until Thursday. Then, carpet, tile, and baseboards will have to be replaced and walls will have to be repaired and painted, so that means more strangers for us Scotties to endure. After all, it’s our job to guard our territory!
No hot water until Thursday?
