Well, we’ve had some excitement over the past couple of weeks. The Monday night after Christmas a sprinkler head in one of room #18’s bedrooms partially failed and leaked water into the room. It also leaked into room 17, but not as badly. While no furniture was destroyed, four mattresses were waterlogged. The 3rd floor hallway in the new part of the House was soaked and it leaked down into the 2nd floor hallway, the 1st floor hallway and a few puddles into the Dining Room. The water also got into a few other rooms (only in the new part of the House, not the old part) but there was no damage, although the flooring will have to be replaced.
The West Lafayette Fire Department rushed over and turned off the water before the situation could get any worse. ServPro came over until 2:30 am Tuesday morning and sucked up all the water and placed dehumidifiers on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd floors. The next day Servpro collected all the bedding and clothes that got wet and cleaned them. We have replaced the mattresses as well. All furniture that got wet feet were cleaned and sanitized that week. All the flooring was torn up and will be left that way until all of the floors are dry. ServPro tore out drywall that got wet, especially the bedrooms in room 18 and 10. There were many 12″ high cut-outs of the drywall in other rooms and they removed baseboards elsewhere so that the areas could dry out. The drywall company has been able to replace all the drywall and do a “tape and mud” finish as well as repainting the new drywall.
With supply chain issues, we may not be able to get the replacement flooring for at least a month, probably a little more.. So, our first idea is not to replace the flooring until Summer Break. Otherwise, we’ll have to move out everyone who is affected and take a couple of weeks to reinstall the flooring and then move them back into their rooms. By not replacing the flooring as soon as we are able, we eliminate moving guys into other rooms and then moving them back into their rooms. A little inconvenient, but not bad.
It could have been a lot worse as the West Lafayette Fire Department and ServPro did a great job.
Gary Batesole
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