This is perfect to conclude my worst vacations EVER !

A shitty week in Picton with thunderstorms and the like with a pissed off wife and now THAT !!

No, its not a clearcoat on my rug   Or at least its not dry yet...

Notice the "still wet legs" on the wood clothes dryer... ok, back to "shopvaccuuming the basement"...

EDIT: forgot to add.. FU Mother Nature

How the hell did THAT happen???  

Don't all basements have drains??

Sucks..

Mike

Man, that sucks,

My inlaws have had their basement flood with sewage twice this year because of heavy rainfalls, they had finally just got all the repairs done and the new carpet laid down when the next morning, it all happened again,

I hope everything gets repaired quickly and painlessly, and that your machines are ok those are some nice titles!

Good luck sir!

Eric

It was quite a storm over here in Montreal around 4pm...

City sewers got blocked and flooded the whole basement.. water was actually coming FROM the drain...

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How the hell did THAT happen???  

Don't all basements have drains??

Sucks..

Mike

That really sucks. You have my sympathy!  The last time we had a flood the washer spilled three cycles of water from a broken drain pipe.  The basement drain was closed (you know, the one that keeps the sewage from coming back UP into your house...).  Well my son and I go down and I stick my hand in the water to release the drain (about 4 inches), and look to the side to see extension cords sitting under the water.  I never moved my hand so fast, but of course if it were live it would have been too late.  What saved me?  I had it plugged into a GFI which had blown ... so those suckers really work!

http://lcn.canoe.ca/lcn/infos/regional/archives/2008/08/20080802-200130.html

Here check it out, sorry its in french.. east of Montreal...

Just got insurances on the phone, been waiting for 3.5 hours (thx god my set can do hands free) and they will call me back and send a team to help a bit  

i was 2  minutes from home on the metropolitan (on the st. michel overpass area) and i was surprised at the killer sized puddles. it was like driving through a beach.. then when i pulled into the driveway, i saw 2 feet of water pushing against the garage door!

luckily, only 2 inches flooded the basement (since my basement is lower than the garage floor) and i only lost a few cardboard boxes.. then again, i find out in the morning if the furniture or gyproc walls are damaged or not  


weird thing. my 3 telephone lines are knocked out. yet the dsl on one of the damaged lines is working.. go figure..

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My inlaws have had their basement flood with sewage twice this year because of heavy rainfalls, they had finally just got all the repairs done and the new carpet laid down when the next morning, it all happened again,

that really sucks.. reminds me of the infamous montreal flood of '87.  2 feet and more of water in the basement. during the rebuild, my father made an 18" cement baseboard at the bottom of the walls, so that if any flooding happened. the walls would be safe. After all the flood of '87 was a once every 100 year storm... 6 years later, the city accidentally punctured the main right infront of our driveway.

3 freaking feet of water.

really learnt to curse water after that. and makes me wonder how the double hockey sticks, people can live in the flood plains, year after year.

Bonne chance � toi Azatoth ainsi qu'aux autres qui ont �t� touch�s. Si tu peux, prend-toi une autre semaine de vacances dans 1-2 mois pour oublier les derni�res  

Hey man I really feel for you As i lived that last year at least you had clear water.
Mine was grey water.
And about a foot worth did not realise it right away was working crazy shifts sat for a day went up the 2x4 in the wall insurance desjardin was so slow that after a week i had mold had to demolish basement.
They never showed up the dam bastards so I documented all of it and did it myself.
I did get the money back np but still not insured till city of gatineau fixes the problem
also because of it sold my pins still have none.
Hope all goes well.

Again in french, sorry.. http://www.canoe.com/infos/societe/archives/2008/08/20080803-063800.html

That really sucks. I was driving home from Sparky's and was on  the 13 north when it all hit. Crazy mess and people all driving with their 4 ways on. Isn't that a big no no?

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That really sucks. I was driving home from Sparky's and was on  the 13 north when it all hit. Crazy mess and people all driving with their 4 ways on. Isn't that a big no no?

Under the circumstances, I would say that is exactly what you should do. The hazard light warns other drivers you aren't driving at high way speed.

Really sorry to read about your situation, Sylvain.

Duane

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Under the circumstances, I would say that is exactly what you should do. The hazard light warns other drivers you aren't driving at high way speed.

Really sorry to read about your situation, Sylvain.

Duane

I would assume that  someone with 4 ways on is supposed to be stopped. If you think about it it's actually more dangerous. First off you can no longer signal you intent to change lanes. And then on some older cars the brake lights won't work with the 4 ways on.

water damaged leveler, big drop on the value of your machines

After what you got, I won't complain about my no-sun vacation...

Esp�rons que �a sera pas trop long avec les assurances, un de mes amis attends encore pour les r�parations de la grosse temp�te d'avant.
Bonne chance.

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This is perfect to conclude my worst vacations EVER !

A shitty week in Picton with thunderstorms and the like with a pissed off wife and now THAT !!

  really sorry to hear this happened.  we have been close to having the same at our shop.  

   but, did you still go to the drive-in in picton?  paul loves it when you make it out in the rain.

mess... haven't been online all weekend, and I saw the newspaper at lunch today with all the problems in Anjou... first thing I said to my wife was that I hope everything was OK with you guys...

Let me know if you need a hand in the fixing... I can do a few late evenings if you need a hand.

I can take AFM from u for a deep discount now that it's been in a flood

Hopefully you got to it in time. I would get those machines out of there and into a dry environment as quickly as possible. You should also get something to use as a dessicant inside the machines. If nothing else is handy, rice will absorb some of the moisture.

Its not that humid anymore, i have 2 deshumidifiers running since saturday night, i removed all i could from the carpet with a shopvac saturday night and sunday morning.

Problem right now is the odour... i got all the wet stuff out in the garage and the carpet is almost completely dry now, the 2 deshumifiers are making heat as well so it helped a lot.

Nto sure whats next, talking with insurances and trying to set this up. Wife is at home but i had to come back to work...

The rug smell like mess... i have to take it out but waiting for them to send the responsible team (wife is waiting for the phone call, they were supposed to call back an hour ago.).

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If nothing else is handy, rice will absorb some of the moisture.

Thanks, didnt know that, i'll put some rice plates inside.. i dont feel like moving 3 pinball machines right now, i have plenty in my head.. i will sell them to insurance   I'll need an expert able to write a paper on how they are ruined by moisture now

Si tu as besoin d'aide pour sortir du stock, appelle-moi.
Pascal

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Its not that humid anymore, i have 2 deshumidifiers running since saturday night, i removed all i could from the carpet with a shopvac saturday night and sunday morning.

Problem right now is the odour... i got all the wet stuff out in the garage and the carpet is almost completely dry now, the 2 deshumifiers are making heat as well so it helped a lot.

Nto sure whats next, talking with insurances and trying to set this up. Wife is at home but i had to come back to work...

The rug smell like mess... i have to take it out but waiting for them to send the responsible team (wife is waiting for the phone call, they were supposed to call back an hour ago.).

Well, the stink from the water is probably in the walls. Sheetrock probably will come down. But don't be discouraged by this... sheetrock is easy.

As for what is next, usually an insurance company will send over a cleaning company (like Qualinet...) to clean up what is there now, and then they will probably send a contractor to fix the damage. Problem is that it might take a bit of time since there are probably A LOT of claims happening right now.

If you can, ask the insurance company if they can send a cleaning crew ASAP, and then ask them if YOU can remove any old moldy sheetrock, AFTER having taken tons of pictures of course.

...And get those pinball machines in your garage ASAP if it is still damp in there.

This being said, just say the word, and I am there with tools in the van, and I am sure that many others are willing to come over to help.

And Sylvain, I know I may live a bit far from you, but my house is open to you if you need it. I have a spare bedroom and a few beds and room for the kids, not a problem. It would be my pleasure to help out if you need a place to crash for a while. Let me know!

Thanks a lot guys for all the kind offers, i will consider them for sure once i'm fixed on what will happen.

The cleaning crew is scheduled for 4pm today and i should know more after that... Ian, i will confirm with them, that and the rug will have to go !

Someone, buy my STTNG please, and come take it out with a friend.. that will save one at least... oh and bring a mask, or else you will know what sewer smell is  

Maybe if my girlfriend read your "distress" she will let me "save" the STTNG... but with the step-mother in the house for the week, I will have hard time to win   If someone buy me one or two projects she won't mind another pins...