It Rained Inside The House!

Friday, March 14, I came home to a surprise. Not the good kind. But a surprise nonetheless. As I opened the garage and rode my bike in I couldn't help but notice the water coming out from under the door. To my dismay the water line running over the ceiling to the ice maker had burst! I was greeted with Gracie still standing in the kitchen with rain coming down all around. I am convinced she would stay in that kitchen even if the house was on fire even though the small child gates we put up and merely laying against the wall!

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The light fixture we were so proud of was full of water, the ceiling was sagging and the floor was covered in water. Quickly I shut off the line and began dragging furniture to our garage. Burggraff was out in an hour and stayed until they had cut a 6 foot by 8 foot hole in our kitchen ceiling, tore up the carpet and removed the pad, and placed 8 fans, 2 humidifiers and an air scrubber in our home. Sounded like a 747 Jet Airplane in the living room!! We dried out for a week and have now gathered the necessary estimates and began planning our "forced" rennovation.

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Taking advantage of the opportunity we have plans to remove the delaminated wood floor and lay tile that Cynthia has already picked out in the dining room, the kitchen, the entrance foyer and in front of the french doors and fireplace hearth. We also plan to remove one of the cabinets that separate the kitchen from the dining room hoping to open up the area. I will also remove the panel above the cabinets to achieve the same effect. We will install two drop-down lights over the counter where the cabinet is now. By the time we get done it will look beautiful, hopefully before it is time to put up the Christmas tree!!

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Check out the pictures below and remember that while pictures are worth a thousand words they simply do not do justice to the devestation that we met with. Of course, anyone with a flooded house would scoff at the "light" damage in comparison. We will post pictures of the finished project when completed.