I woke up Thursday morning at 4:45 because I was hot and that's when I heard the strange noises. I made it to the end of the bed and stepped in water. 
We went into the great room and water was pouring from the balcony ceiling coming from the upstairs bathroom. The water supply hose had blown off the toilet and had been shooting out water for who knows how long. Mr. BC got the valve shut off behind the toilet and then we surveyed the damage. We got into action and starting elevating furniture before it was too late. The only furniture I lost was dining table and chairs. The finish is all bubbled up. The insurance adjustor came about the same time the maintenance company came so it was nothing but action until midnight last night. They immediately started cutting the carpet and hauling it out in bags.:shock: I was just in shock at how fast they got all the carpet off the floor so they could start drying the subfloor. We have these big fans and de-humidifiors everywhere, the ceiling is torn out. Just too much too fast.
All our stuff is in the kitchen, computer room and outside on the porches. We made a big room out of the wrap around porch to store all the furniture and stuff. We used really thick visquine and stapled/tacked it around the outside. They are predicting nasty weather for this weekend. The worst flooded was the storage space under the stairs where I keep all the Christmas decorations. If it hadn't been Christmas and all that stuff was under there it would have been horrible. But as it is, all that got messed up was empty boxes. Here are a few shots of the past 24 hours...
Everything was looking so nice for my family coming tonight
AND THEN....
:roll: at least it didn't burn down and I get new carpet
We went into the great room and water was pouring from the balcony ceiling coming from the upstairs bathroom. The water supply hose had blown off the toilet and had been shooting out water for who knows how long. Mr. BC got the valve shut off behind the toilet and then we surveyed the damage. We got into action and starting elevating furniture before it was too late. The only furniture I lost was dining table and chairs. The finish is all bubbled up. The insurance adjustor came about the same time the maintenance company came so it was nothing but action until midnight last night. They immediately started cutting the carpet and hauling it out in bags.:shock: I was just in shock at how fast they got all the carpet off the floor so they could start drying the subfloor. We have these big fans and de-humidifiors everywhere, the ceiling is torn out. Just too much too fast. All our stuff is in the kitchen, computer room and outside on the porches. We made a big room out of the wrap around porch to store all the furniture and stuff. We used really thick visquine and stapled/tacked it around the outside. They are predicting nasty weather for this weekend. The worst flooded was the storage space under the stairs where I keep all the Christmas decorations. If it hadn't been Christmas and all that stuff was under there it would have been horrible. But as it is, all that got messed up was empty boxes. Here are a few shots of the past 24 hours...Everything was looking so nice for my family coming tonight
:roll: at least it didn't burn down and I get new carpet
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Everything looked so pretty, but it looks like you have it under control and yes, you get new carpet. Can you sleep in the bedrooms? 
