We woke up to a puddle in the kitchen, and a flood in the bathroom and hallway. The water had also seeped into our daughters bedroom and laundry room. At first we thought the toilet had flooded and that our daughter who has Autism was trying to use the plunger, but it was quickly obvious that a simple leak was not the problem, it turned out to be much bigger. The valve couldn’t be shut off because the break had occurred just below it. As our nice laminate floating floor began to blister it became obvious that we’d have to involve the Insurance. Water was being trapped between it and the original floor. Their first question was “Is it Poly B?” They know it is a problem. In 2010 a class action lawsuit for $950million had been settled in Canada and the USA, but of course we were oblivious to that knowledge. Fixing this pipe would be at our own expense since the Insurance considers this a home maintenance problem, not ‘damage’ itself.
Insurance, assessment, repairs. Noisy fans, nights spent at hotels, no access to washer and dryer, no bedroom and respite room for our daughter, no access to her washroom, most of the furniture crammed into the living room, all during the busiest and most stressful time of the year. It’s been difficult to concentrate on work. Right now things are quiet and work should be completed by September 12th. We decided to pay extra and have our daughters room renovated with a floating laminate floor also, instead of carpeting, plus hubby painted her ceiling while it sits empty. We also had a Plumber replace all the Poly B pipe to PEX which is a relief because we don’t want to risk another disaster. I feel for the people that have this plumbing in their home and don’t even know it.
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So sorry you are having plumbing problems, they are the worst! We have some PEX tubing for the heating into the in-law apartment...hate to tell you this but we had a leak with that...nothing beats copper tubing.
ReplyDeleteOh! Tina!
ReplyDeleteI am so sorry about your water pipe breaking! As you may recall during our Fantasy Vessel Swap we had a main water pipe to the water heater burst and my husband and I were both at work ! So the water ran in our house over 7 1/2 hours!! It was a huge mess and we had to stay at hotels for 5 days! All my canes had to be thrown away and 5 grocery bags of used and brand new packaged clay was ruined and I was trying to do my swap ! I can so relate, I hope and pray your life gets back to normal soon !!Hugs!