guigsy Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 .. so, yesterday i come home from work and go to the kitchen to throw some juice in the fridge, and somehow i stepped in a bit of a puddle on the carpet. the carpet? no ones been home all day. what the? i look around, no visible leaks anywhere, nothing. no more than 5 minutes later there's a knock at my door, and its the guy who owns the little used record store below my apartment and he says im leaking on him.. what the hell? check the fridge, seems good, freezer fine, nothin. no leaks from above, but somehow this fucking puddle on the carpet, right by the kitchen. another knock at the door. i go to get it and notice i stepped in another puddle.. in bare feet, last time i was in shoes, didnt feel it.. but this is bigger now, and it looks like its coming from the closet.. so the puddle on the carpet makes sense, it ran along the baseboard... open the closet, fucking waterheater. i knew it was there all along, but the thought of it shitting the bed never crossed my mind. so its leakin up good. i call the afterhours emergency response hotline for my building, and they send a plumber with no fucking tools. thats awesome. dude walks in the door and right away, i knew. they sent me a spitting image of an old roommate of mine, right down to the mannerisms, and i knew right away nothing was getting done. i laughed and laughed, until i had to pee. but this wasnt solving my problem. neither was he. basically, the valve on the thing was fucked, too, so we couldnt even drain it on our own, and since he didnt have a truck he couldnt take it anywhere... not that he had proper tools to remove it, anyways. so here it sits, draining on its own. and fucking up a lot of shit. i've put towels and shit around to try to slow it up at least, and i have a hose trying to drain as much of it as possible, but its been on for about 24 hours now, and its maybe got 3 inches in the bucket. the rest is in the floor. soaking through the carpet, and into the kitchen, and likely down below in that poor dudes store. oh, and did i mention the heat? +30's. and the fucking humidity. when i got home from work today, well, there was a bit of an odour. i just went downstairs to grab a beer and, well, there was a lot of an odour. like a dirty harbour carp, rotting away, belly inside out. i got the windows open wide, fans goin, im fucked. till monday apparently. oh, and i have to take freezing cold showers, too... which although it sounds nice, isnt really a nice shower, regardless.i think im just gonna stay upstairs tonite... fuck.. im gonna need to go down for beer, though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 guigsy, that is terrible man. A fiasco that only alcohol can help you to forget about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 I wonder if you can rent a de-humidifier (if you don't already have one) to help with the drying out process -- not of you, but of the carpet. Like the good Rev above, I recommend that you stay good and hammered until Monday."Beer! Now there's a temporary solution"--Homer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 (edited) You should have seen the black sludgy water that came pouring into our place repeatedly (over a couple of weeks) when some of the fixtures were being replaced in the apartment upstairs. No, sorry, you shouldn't have - it was pretty gross. The worst part is that we have no idea when it's going to happen next. Hopefully we'll be out of this place before it happens again... (not like I'm banking on it, though). Edited June 26, 2005 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calamity Jane Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 hey Kaidy Mae -- do you think if Guigsy gets truly flooded out, the Sea Cops can come to his rescue? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meggo Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 awww poor guigs! another reason why you should move to ottawa. i dig the way you tell a story though, heheh.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 how bout something with c cups comes to my rescue instead?update: still leakin'. absolutely reakin'. sonofamotherfunker.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 I can't guess which must be worse, the leak or the reak . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 it's the reak. it's unstoppable. im at work for the day, and i cant imagine what its gonna smell like when i get home, after it's been festering again all day in there... it's not so bad at night, when it cools down, you dont notice it as much with the windows open, but man, the humidity during the day really draws it out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 guigsy, do you have insurance on your place? if so, they will send a clean up crew in with dehumidifiers that will dry up & (hopefully) get rid of the smell in no time. one of my co-workers went through the same movie with a leaking water softener, one phone call to the insurance guys and a pair of coverall-covered guys showed up & started making the leak and the reek go away... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Evil_Mouse Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Just hope it's this guy that show up to do the job right. "Let's talk about ducts..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 guigsy, do you have insurance on your place?no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 guigsy' date=' do you have insurance on your place?[/quote']no.d'oh!what about your landlord? he must have some sort of insurance against infrastructure type failure. is it a rented water heater? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 ya, it's all rented.. the property management people might own the tank, im not sure... none of my shit has gotten damaged, so im not real concerned about anything but the stench. the rest is pretty much their concern.. well, the wet kinda bugs me, but not so much if you step around it.. but hey, if they wanted to wait and let it soak in more, potentially causing more damage, well, i guess that's their prerogative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 at least nothing got damaged other than temporary harm to your smell receptors, hope they get it sorted out soon! in the meantime, provides you a good reason to get out and enjoy a summer afternoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted June 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 hahah.. true enough.. except this work thing got in the way of that... but i definitely dont wanna be spending too much time in there tonite, once im done work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted June 26, 2005 Report Share Posted June 26, 2005 Man, I sit now in a room that used to be a pretty nice office in my half-finished basement. It's been weeks since I found the dampness, and as long since I've had carpeting, walls, anything but the furniture piled in the middle of the concrete floor. But even that isn't sacred. Doozers arrive at 8:30 Monday morning with jackhammers to pillage my concrete floor.Compounded things decay. Strive earnestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 not humid or too hot where i am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 I sit in my own little version of Beirut right now. There is dirt and rock piled over three feet high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guigsy Posted June 27, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 again, i've been at work all day.. sitting on a leather chair, surrounded by drywall and electrohums.. but by now i should have a new water heater at home... here's hopin' they looked into the carpet stink..insanity over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrtrhhrtgg Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 hey, if the smell is too bad, you can always go find a neighbours lawn to pass out on.(hehe) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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