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Old 12-13-2016   #1029
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Re: House Projects

In prompt to project at our house. Wife left a clogged sink running for 20 minutes yesterday after noon. Was in our master bathroom on the main level. Made a huge mess, our bedrooms carpet was pretty wet. Then went downstairs to the room below and turned on the lights. Bulbs popped immediately. Light fixture was completely full of water, carpet was drenched below the fixture.

Had a water damage guy come this morning. Looks like our bathroom vanity is damaged. We need to either repair or replace it as it will be a haven for mold. The upstairs in general though he said is OK as long as we pull some of the carpet back and keep fans on it. Downstairs, he said same thing so we pulled back half the carpet and fans going (thanks again for the fans aye-aye-ron). Ceiling he said is probably fine as we drilled a bunch of holes to try and vent it, and have a fan blowing. So all in all not too bad I guess, but not exactly what we needed right now.

I didn't take any pictures upstairs, but here's the room underneath.

Here's the stack of soaking wet towels I used to initially soak up water on the floor.


Here's what I vacuumed up after with the shop vac. And note the carpet was still very wet even after this.


Here's what I dumped out of the light fixture.


Aftermarket ventilation mod. I drilled a bunch of holes to see if water was pooled up anywhere else, as well as help ventilate up there. No water came out, so looks like it all pretty much pooled up in the fixture.


here's kinda how the room looked last night. I setup 3 big fans in there later (2 pointed at carpet, one pointed straight up at ceiling / speed holes).
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