Thanks, Barbara.
IT is almost 11:00 here now and we finally have the flooding contained and most of the water baled. The carpets leading to the two bathrooms and the storage room are soaked and it even seaped under the wall into our living room. The ensuite actually seeped through the carpet into our bedroom as well. Both bathtubs backed up to about a foot high and then that was draining back out and coming up around through the toilets.
Sorry to be so graphic but man, this is just insane. The other three suites were hit but not as bad as us. They have shut all the water off in the building but if someone forgets and flushes a toilet it can all start over.
We are exhausted, but GIG and we know that it will all work out. Tomorrow I have to get on the strata office and make sure that the building insurance will cover all the damage so we don't have to use ours. Some friends who also own here said that they had a flood a few years ago and it was the fault of a pipe in the wall and it took some doing, but they got the building to cover it all - new carpets, repaired plumbing, repaired wall, etc.
I just wish I could do more to help DH out on all this. As it is, I am walking way too much without my cane but I have been trying to help out where I can.
IT is almost 11:00 here now and we finally have the flooding contained and most of the water baled. The carpets leading to the two bathrooms and the storage room are soaked and it even seaped under the wall into our living room. The ensuite actually seeped through the carpet into our bedroom as well. Both bathtubs backed up to about a foot high and then that was draining back out and coming up around through the toilets.
Sorry to be so graphic but man, this is just insane. The other three suites were hit but not as bad as us. They have shut all the water off in the building but if someone forgets and flushes a toilet it can all start over.
We are exhausted, but GIG and we know that it will all work out. Tomorrow I have to get on the strata office and make sure that the building insurance will cover all the damage so we don't have to use ours. Some friends who also own here said that they had a flood a few years ago and it was the fault of a pipe in the wall and it took some doing, but they got the building to cover it all - new carpets, repaired plumbing, repaired wall, etc.
I just wish I could do more to help DH out on all this. As it is, I am walking way too much without my cane but I have been trying to help out where I can.