Water, water everywhere
We’re not exactly sure how it happened, since we were both at work all day. I came home and saw a big puddle on the sidewalk and thought that was odd. I tried to find the source and saw a big spout of water coming from a pipe on the side of the house. Try as I might, I couldn’t turn the valve off. I decided I needed to shut off water for the whole house and reevaluate. After walking down the stairs, I almost fell over seeing about four inches of standing water in our basement.
At that point, it became even more urgent to shut off the water. I slogged through my new swimming pool to turn off the emergency valve for the whole house. At that point, it was just a waiting game for the sump pump to do its job. It seems to be working, as the water level is significantly lower now.

Since it is late on a Friday, no one with the insurance company is picking up right now. I hope they make house calls on weekends, as I’d hate to wait until Monday to get the paperwork going. The carpet is a write-off (thankfully, not part of the new installation) and I hope we can save the drywall from being totally ruined as well. As you can see from the picture, we also had several boxes stored downstairs that are now water-damaged. Aside from our DVD collection, nothing major was damaged.
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