The Saga Continues

Today I noticed that the carpet in Andrea's room was still not dry and it made me think that this water damage was probably a lot worse then we first anticipated. I called Tom to have him send out a water damage restoration crew. Turns out that the water went threw the walls all the way to the basement. They had to tare out some of the ceiling on the main floor to get out all the wet insulation and tear up the carpets upstairs to dry it all out. We went a head an made a claim with our insurance since their bill alone was $5000. Sounds like a rip off to me. We are still going to have to hire someone to replace and repaint the drywall so we figured we better put in a claim. I still can't believe it. I will never underestimate the power of a two-year-old again.

This is where it all started in the bathroom right off of Andrea's room.

This is the living room where the most damage was done. They taped it off because of the hot air they were blowing into the walls to try and dry it up. The temperature was 108 degrees in there. Luckily with the AC running nonstop we were able to keep the rest of the house at a cool 85 degrees.

Pic of the living room. You can see the tubes that they stuck into the wall.

This is a pic of the crown molding in the living room. The water settled in between the paint and the wood. The paint fell off.

Andrea's room. They pulled up the carpet and put a powerful under the carpet to dry it out. The kids loved it cause it made it look and feel like a moonwalk. The carpet lifted off the ground a good 6 inches or so.