WORST day EVER!!!!

Sorry but i have to vent...

To make a long story short, I woke up this morning to my 5 year old girl maddy walking in to our room at 7am saying eewww whats so wet on the floor. So my wife and i pop out of bed to find ourself sleeping on an EMPTY king size waterbed.. in the middle of the night the frame most have busted and flooded our room. Now for the really bad part....I just installed new wood floors in the family and living room a few week ago.. and when we went down stairs to get more towels to start soaking up some water we had to walk under a water fall landing on to our new wood floors. sooooo. then i told her screw the towel i'll go in the basement to get the shop vac to start draining the bed.. well guess what i found in the basement...WATER you say???? good guess. my basment walls have sofball size water bubbles under the paint.
Heres the kicker, besides needing a new bed(not a waterbed), new bedroom floors, poss new wood flooring, walls repaired in family room and in my finished basement, and ceiling replaced, we're nervous to go thru our insurance company because in 04 the city i live in was under water, my whole neighborhood was flooded. so we filed a claim then and it was over $15,000. this will be our 3rd big claim if we file. on the other hand we have to because we dont have the money to replace anything let alone our bed. so i guess we'll have to file and hope thet dont drop us..Im so blessed with good neighbors a few came over to help rip out the carpet and padding. and lent us a couple more shop vacs. I felt really bad because my on neighbor had a showing on her house when i and her boy friend were throwing the carpet, padding, and the waterbed matterss out the bedroom window, so my front yard looked like hell.
Im sorry this is soooo long but i really need to vent.. i was so pissed off i was beating my bed with a baseball bat, and then with wife gave me some meds to clam me down..lol

gosh this is the worst day ever!!!for me at least..

I am so sorry, it will get better though. I know how the floods go. My dads house that he had just finished the basement in got flooded really bad from the lake and it was a lot of work. I hope all goes well with your insurance company. We all know how that can go.
Kristy

Wow, what a mess! What a nasty situation to wake up to, vent all ya want.

Incidences like this are exactly why we got rid of our waterbed. I do miss it, though, that thing was neat!

from the flood in 04 i my basement is still a reck all i did was put nature stone flooring down, because i didnt want to finisnh the basement again for the thrid time...

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I am so sorry, it will get better though. I know how the floods go. My dads house that he had just finished the basement in got flooded really bad from the lake and it was a lot of work. I hope all goes well with your insurance company. We all know how that can go.
Kristy

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The sad thing is with my back problems i have all the time the motionless mattress with the 4in thick pad in it was the only thing i could sleep on and be pain free...so now im gonna have to find something else cause no way in HELL im getting another one..

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Originally Posted by SarahMB

Wow, what a mess! What a nasty situation to wake up to, vent all ya want.

Incidences like this are exactly why we got rid of our waterbed. I do miss it, though, that thing was neat!

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well my wife just got off the phone with a restoration company and i guess they'll be here soon:( .. i have yet to poke a hole in my ceiling to drain the water out of it.. im afraid of the shower i'll get..

That sucks Joe!! :( I feel for ya, last year a few houses in our neighborhood flooded, and we were lucky enough to escape with minimal damage. I did help in the clean-up though, and it wasn't fun. I hope the insurance claim goes through alright, and that it won't effect your rates that much. At least no one was in your family was injured. Feel free to rant more and go ape on the remains of the bed if that will help ya feel better :taz:.

-Evan

ya i am very happy no one or pet was injured. my wife took the bat way from me which was probably a good thing. this just came at the worst time possible with being so tight with our budget and all:(

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Originally Posted by Evan Jamison

That sucks Joe!! :( I feel for ya, last year a few houses in our neighborhood flooded, and we were lucky enough to escape with minimal damage. I did help in the clean-up though, and it wasn't fun. I hope the insurance claim goes through alright, and that it won't effect your rates that much. At least no one was in your family was injured. Feel free to rant more and go ape on the remains of the bed if that will help ya feel better :taz:.

-Evan

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i can't imagine sleeping through all of that :giggle: - sorry for laughing... it's more of a giggle actually. sounds like an elmer fudd and bugs bunny skit http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...hhuhlaugh1.gif

well joe, you buy insurance to insure your home and belongings... so be sure to use it! it's what you and everyone else pays for after all. we've been paying for years and never made a claim so there's lots of money in the pot for you to use :hug:

and... i'm so glad that this is the worse day of your life... i don't mean that in a mean way... what i mean is... no one was injured, no one died... you still have your family intact. THAT is such a goooooooooood thing. so if the worse day of your life involved loosing some "stuff" but not some "people" then i'm extremely happy for you http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ulke/heart.gif

Aleesha after we pull back the mattress and saw what happened we did get a good laugh, because it looked BAD the whole frame broke and we cant believe we slept through it..lol i alwasy new i was a sound sleeper but that takes the cake...lol..i guess since you but it that way your right its more of a REALLLLLLYYYYYYYY bad day then the worst day ever..

i had a WAY worst day then this.. thank for makeing me feel better aleesha...

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i can't imagine sleeping through all of that :giggle: - sorry for laughing... it's more of a giggle actually. sounds like an elmer fudd and bugs bunny skit http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...hhuhlaugh1.gif

well joe, you buy insurance to insure your home and belongings... so be sure to use it! it's what you and everyone else pays for after all. we've been paying for years and never made a claim so there's lots of money in the pot for you to use :hug:

and... i'm so glad that this is the worse day of your life... i don't mean that in a mean way... what i mean is... no one was injured, no one died... you still have your family intact. THAT is such a goooooooooood thing. so if the worse day of your life involved loosing some "stuff" but not some "people" then i'm extremely happy for you http://i84.photobucket.com/albums/k1...ulke/heart.gif

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Wow I'm so sorry :( I know it's hard to sit back an say "this stuff can all be replaced" because yeah if that happend to us right now I'd lose my mind. Good thing you have great neighbors to! And yeah it does suck she is showing her house today LOL. Keep us posted on how things go..I have my fingers crossed for you!!! :hug:

thanks aud...oh my gosh the crew is here and it looks like machine gun fire in my walls and ceiling from the holes they are makeing....

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Wow I'm so sorry :( I know it's hard to sit back an say "this stuff can all be replaced" because yeah if that happend to us right now I'd lose my mind. Good thing you have great neighbors to! And yeah it does suck she is showing her house today LOL. Keep us posted on how things go..I have my fingers crossed for you!!! :hug:

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thanks aud...oh my gosh the crew is here and it looks like machine gun fire in my walls and ceiling from the holes they are makeing....

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How is your little one taking it? I remember going through some stuff like that as a child (along with a break in etc.) and for some reason just couldnt wrap my head around it and was really broken up about it...I think it's because a child views their home and family as something that can not be broken..taken away or ruined in any way and when it does happen it for sure takes a toll.
I hope it all gets back to some sort of normal in no time...keep us updated :)

actualy my kids are doing really well, my son is and his buddies house playin, he's 7, my 5 yearold maddy is at another neighbors walking our dog and hers, and my litte one kenzie is next door helping her and here boyfriend weed and do yard work, then their talking her to home depot and for ice cream.. Im truely blessed with great nieghbors:D

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How is your little one taking it? I remember going through some stuff like that as a child (along with a break in etc.) and for some reason just couldnt wrap my head around it and was really broken up about it...I think it's because a child views their home and family as something that can not be broken..taken away or ruined in any way and when it does happen it for sure takes a toll.
I hope it all gets back to some sort of normal in no time...keep us updated :)

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Originally Posted by jar2476

actualy my kids are doing really well, my son is and his buddies house playin, he's 7, my 5 yearold maddy is at another neighbors walking our dog and hers, and my litte one kenzie is next door helping her and here boyfriend weed and do yard work, then their talking her to home depot and for ice cream.. Im truely blessed with great nieghbors:D

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uh yeah ya are LOL...we hardly ever see ours...

Well after having a fewwwwwwww drinks and helping the crew destory the basement, i feel better. They were two really nice laid back guys and really but me at ease. I help them rip off the drywall that i spent so much time putting up. but they made it fun...lol plus i took out some agression on it..lol.. so now my house sounds like an airport runway with all the fans every where... but life goes on. oh and my dad said he's taking me and sue shopping for a new bed. so thats good to.. the only real downer is those beautiful wood floor HAVE to go. they already started to buckle in several places:( ...


Thanks for letting me vent:D

ohh sorry to hear about the floors...that really sucks! :mad: But glad you see the good side of it aswell and got to have some fun ripping down the walls...I'm cracking up about the 'sounds like an airport" and "sounds like machine guns" lol I love it! :P

I'm happy things are coming together rather quickly for ya...hope it all goes this smooth...

~Audrey

Daaang Broseph what a crazy morning!:hug: Waterbeds are the suck!!! :eek: Sorry to hear this had to happen to you! Glad everyone's still ok though! Even more sorry to hear about those floors!! I remember the troubles that came along with them. Double hugs for you!!

Man, I feel your pain. 3 yrs ago I was doing some concrete work at our then new home. I had the hose water on from inside the house to mix the concrete. I finished the job, cleaned up and left for hockey tournment up north for the WEEKEND. The temps went below freezing and the hose burst and sprayed all weekend in the basemnet window, in the basement I just refinished top to bottom. I had about a foot of water in the whole basement and my walls leeked for a day and half after I shut it off. A friggin mess. I hope you get it all cleaned up. Sorry to hear this happened.

i think someone is telling my i shouldnt have a finished basement..lol i highly doubt i'll redo it this time.

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Man, I feel your pain. 3 yrs ago I was doing some concrete work at our then new home. I had the hose water on from inside the house to mix the concrete. I finished the job, cleaned up and left for hockey tournment up north for the WEEKEND. The temps went below freezing and the hose burst and sprayed all weekend in the basemnet window, in the basement I just refinished top to bottom. I had about a foot of water in the whole basement and my walls leeked for a day and half after I shut it off. A friggin mess. I hope you get it all cleaned up. Sorry to hear this happened.

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totally not a good way to wake up...ya those floors were sweet, we really loved the way they turned out. maybe i'll be able to get better ones now..lol...and waterbed are THE SUCK now....:)

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Daaang Broseph what a crazy morning!:hug: Waterbeds are the suck!!! :eek: Sorry to hear this had to happen to you! Glad everyone's still ok though! Even more sorry to hear about those floors!! I remember the troubles that came along with them. Double hugs for you!!

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Originally Posted by jar2476

Sorry but i have to vent...

To make a long story short, I woke up this morning to my 5 year old girl maddy walking in to our room at 7am saying eewww whats so wet on the floor. So my wife and i pop out of bed to find ourself sleeping on an EMPTY king size waterbed.. in the middle of the night the frame most have busted and flooded our room. Now for the really bad part....I just installed new wood floors in the family and living room a few week ago.. and when we went down stairs to get more towels to start soaking up some water we had to walk under a water fall landing on to our new wood floors. sooooo. then i told her screw the towel i'll go in the basement to get the shop vac to start draining the bed.. well guess what i found in the basement...WATER you say???? good guess. my basment walls have sofball size water bubbles under the paint.
Heres the kicker, besides needing a new bed(not a waterbed), new bedroom floors, poss new wood flooring, walls repaired in family room and in my finished basement, and ceiling replaced, we're nervous to go thru our insurance company because in 04 the city i live in was under water, my whole neighborhood was flooded. so we filed a claim then and it was over $15,000. this will be our 3rd big claim if we file. on the other hand we have to because we dont have the money to replace anything let alone our bed. so i guess we'll have to file and hope thet dont drop us..Im so blessed with good neighbors a few came over to help rip out the carpet and padding. and lent us a couple more shop vacs. I felt really bad because my on neighbor had a showing on her house when i and her boy friend were throwing the carpet, padding, and the waterbed matterss out the bedroom window, so my front yard looked like hell.
Im sorry this is soooo long but i really need to vent.. i was so pissed off i was beating my bed with a baseball bat, and then with wife gave me some meds to clam me down..lol

gosh this is the worst day ever!!!for me at least..

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Wow sorry to read about the water problem :( .

thanks Joe..but one good thing is the day is almost over.

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Wow sorry to read about the water problem :( .

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that, my friend...is THE SUCK! :hug:

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Originally Posted by jar2476

im afraid of the shower i'll get..

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It's ok Joe. Just grab a bar of soap and wash up! :P


p.s. Sorry I wasn't here today! ;)

i new somehow someway you would pick something out of what i said to make :rolleyes: funny with..

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

that, my friend...is THE SUCK! :hug:




It's ok Joe. Just grab a bar of soap and wash up! :P


p.s. Sorry I wasn't here today! ;)

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Originally Posted by jar2476

i new somehow someway you would pick something out of what i said to make :rolleyes: funny with..

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You know you love it! :P

o yea...

lolololololololololololololololololololololololololol! ;)

of course.....and your so good at it too...lolololololololololololololololololololololololololololololoololololololol olololololololol

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You know you love it! :P

o yea...

lolololololololololololololololololololololololololol! ;)

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of course.....and your so good at it too...

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i try. ;)

no you dont...it so natural for you..:P

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Originally Posted by jeffnme

i try. ;)

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i think someone is telling my i shouldnt have a finished basement..lol i highly doubt i'll redo it this time.

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I think you should refinish your basement. Just be more careful with what ever it was that made your water bed burst :D :P :D :P LOL :carrot:

HAHAHAHA.. that is eactly what my neighbors all said...:D

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Originally Posted by Holy Balls

I think you should refinish your basement. Just be more careful with what ever it was that made your water bed burst :D :P :D :P LOL :carrot:

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I do feel for you. When it happened me I remeber just staring at the mess. both my sons room were destroyed, along with the bathroom. Stuff floating all over the place. The insurance wouldn't cover it, because it came from the outside hose ( :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:s ).

oh man!!! the flood of 04 was worse. i had a foot and a half of raw sewage in the basement.. that sucked..but we had flood insurance and alot of our neighbors didnt..

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Originally Posted by Holy Balls

I do feel for you. When it happened me I remeber just staring at the mess. both my sons room were destroyed, along with the bathroom. Stuff floating all over the place. The insurance wouldn't cover it, because it came from the outside hose ( :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:s ).

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DAAMMNN! What am I :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:in about? NASTY :eek:

i'm so glad you had a good work out cleaning the basement up (well rippin' it apart worse actually LOL) some nice 'therapy' i'm sure!