A Bit of a Water Leak

The sink in our bathroom is slightly clogged, so you can't leave the water running. We've known this for a while, but just haven't gone out to get that $5.00 jug of Drano to get it unclogged. Been too busy.

We're not too busy now.

On Tuesday, Cameron had a dental appointment. As Dorene was in the van getting ready to leave, she sent Cameron back in to wash his hands. He did. But he left the water running. At full blast. The appointment was at 1:00 p.m. They returned at 7:00 p.m. Figure it out.

Dorene called me at work and said we had a bit of a catastrophe. Water was all over the bathroom and it leaked down into the basement and thoroughly drenched our laundry room (cement floor, luckily) and also the carpeted area of the basement (not so lucky). We borrowed a pump and wet vac and did all we could, but the carpet especially was still soaked.

Dorene called the insurance company to see if they covered water-related damage caused by 7-year old kids and irresponsible adults. To our surprise, they did. Although, we still have to cover the deductible, which is substantially more than the $5.00 jug of Drano. So, we had the professional water-removers come out, because to not do so and risk mold down the road could then lead to thousands of dollars. So right now, we have blowers all over our house getting rid of the water, and it's working quite well.

By the way, before I went home after Dorene called me about the damage, I stopped at Menards and got that $5.00 jug of Drano and fixed the clogged sink.