Unwanted Spring Cleaning

This past weekend we had a little unexpected version of spring cleaning. Turns out that the outside water spicket has cracked. We didn't know this until using the hose this weekend. Turns out that water was spraying into the basement when the hose was turned on. I walked downstairs to do some laundry and stepped onto soggy carpet.


Myles and his friend Seth were tasked with using the shop vac to suck up the pools of water in the crawl space. Then they had to take all the soggy boxes outside to be sorted thru, dried or thrown away. Derick came over and helped Brad pull up the carpet in the family room. They then had to cut out the soggy carpet padding. And yes, this is where our entertainment center usually sits, so this was no small task.

Lucy was too funny. She refused to leave the action. She thought this was the most exciting thing to happen around her in months :)
The restoration company came and checked things out today. The good news is they will fix us up, good as new. The bad news is it wont be complete for 3 weeks.

So be sure to disconnect your hose during the winter so that this little adventure doesn't happen you next year!