House flood anyone??

[Bob]

Today, I kid you not, my new next door neighbor stopped by as I was turning the water back on and declared she'd had a $250 water bill last month. She asked me if I thought this was odd. I told her she's probably restoring the aquifer with a plumbing leak. The homes in the neighborhood have 50 year old copper pipes. I dream of new construction!

 

[southof30A]

Today I was greeted at the front door by my dog with unusually wet feet. The water supply solenoid for the ice tray decided to not turn off properly just after I left the house for four plus hours. Kitchen, living room, and dining room were underwater. My first thought was, ok insurance weasels, now it's claim time. Later, I came to my senses. Has anyone out there had a a rogue appliance trash their house??

Did you ask your dog why he didn't just drink the water?

 

[iwishiwasthere]

Those darn icemakers cause a high percentage of the water damage in homes. In our case, the hose to the icemaker hose sprung a leak. The refrigerator is on the second floor. I walked into the first floor, immediately saw a waterfall coming from the fan in the ceiling of the first floor bathroom. It took a few seconds for my mind to comprehend what was happening. I ran upstairs to find a wet hardwood floor just in front of the refrigerator and water spraying out the back. What was odd was that there was very little damage around the refrigerator on the 2nd floor, but the amount of water on the 1st floor was pretty staggering and was enough to cause us to pull the sheet rock off the bathroom ceiling and walls, pull up the carpeting in the adjoining bedrooms, and call in an expert water extraction company. Needless to say we then purchased the beefiest icemaker hose we could find to replace the old one.

At the time, we just happened to be shopping for property insurance since Allstate had dropped us, and every agent I spoke with advised us not to file a claim on the water damage. It would have made it even harder to get new insurance if we had filed a claim.Right now our icemaker is going on an icemaking spree which is causing ice to drop out of the door onto the same wood floor. We're thinking about shutting the darn thing off permanently. My next refrigerator will not have an icemaker.

We had a similar incident with a water filter hose breaking a few years ago. That incident has prompted us to turn off our water when leaving home for more than a few days. My mom has always been paranoid about the washing machine hoses and always was a fanatic about turning off the water to the hoses at all times except when the washer was being used. I always thought she was nuts. Now I don't.

Agents saying that drive me crazy Why have insurance if you cannot use it? They just want to take and take. Too greedy!!!

 

[Bob]

Did you ask your dog why he didn't just drink the water?

I did wonder what the dog was doing while I was away, because I have two extremely loud water alarms by the water heater and under the air handler that were blasting away.

 

[Lady D]

Not me, but a co-worker of mine had her dishwasher flood her kitchen floor and her no more than 2 year old wood floor throughout her living room. Yuck.

 

[Miss Kitty]

...hope things are getting dried out there, Bob!