How many of you have had a bad situation actually turn out for the better because of it? Like a longtime girlfriend breaking up with you, but you end up meeting your soulmate because of it. Maybe losing your job unexpectedly, but you end up finding a better one afterwards. I'm sure everyone has had something like that happen to them.
On to what brought this subject up. We woke up about a week and a half ago to water all over the kitchen floor by the wall that separates the kitchen from the bathroom. We call a plumber and after tearing a couple holes in the wall he finds a leaking pipe. I guess it had been dripping for a while in the wall and finally reached the breaking point. It was a drain pipe and I guess when the washing machine drained into it the pressure was to much for it.
Unfortunately we found some mold in the wall and the drywall, floor, and cabinets in both rooms were damaged. So we call the insurance company and they send out an adjustor to check out the damage and after investigating the rooms and doing a lot of measuring, he says that there is about $10,000 worth of damage. We contacted a company to do the repairs and we are just waiting on everything to get ordered and for the work to start. So now we are just waiting. Well that is our bad situation.
Now the good part to all this is we were wanting to update both rooms in the near future and this will allow that to happen much sooner and with the help of my insurance company. I had to put off the improvements due to multiple back surgeries (one coming up in about a week and a half) and being off work right now due to the back problems. So this is a God send. Hopefully this insurance claim doesn't raise our home owner's insurance to much, but I am thankful that the insurance company has taken real good care of us like you expect them to.
On to what brought this subject up. We woke up about a week and a half ago to water all over the kitchen floor by the wall that separates the kitchen from the bathroom. We call a plumber and after tearing a couple holes in the wall he finds a leaking pipe. I guess it had been dripping for a while in the wall and finally reached the breaking point. It was a drain pipe and I guess when the washing machine drained into it the pressure was to much for it.
Unfortunately we found some mold in the wall and the drywall, floor, and cabinets in both rooms were damaged. So we call the insurance company and they send out an adjustor to check out the damage and after investigating the rooms and doing a lot of measuring, he says that there is about $10,000 worth of damage. We contacted a company to do the repairs and we are just waiting on everything to get ordered and for the work to start. So now we are just waiting. Well that is our bad situation.
Now the good part to all this is we were wanting to update both rooms in the near future and this will allow that to happen much sooner and with the help of my insurance company. I had to put off the improvements due to multiple back surgeries (one coming up in about a week and a half) and being off work right now due to the back problems. So this is a God send. Hopefully this insurance claim doesn't raise our home owner's insurance to much, but I am thankful that the insurance company has taken real good care of us like you expect them to.
