Wow! What a day. I had trouble finding sleep last night. Not sure I got more than an hour or two during the whole night. I had trouble falling asleep and if I managed to fall asleep I would wake up shortly thereafter. Makes for a very long night when that happens.
I gave up around 6:00 and got up. I enjoyed listening to the rain and thunder and seeing the lightning. That was some storm that rolled through this morning. We really needed the rain.
Around 7:15 Tagen called. They had lost power at their house and so the sump pump was not working. Emporia got over 5 inches of rain very quickly. The basement flooded due to the sump pump not working and Tagen had three inches of water on his basement bedroom floor. Yikes!
I had to go to Emporia for a haircut at 10:30 so I went in early so I could stop by the house and see what needed done. By the time I got to the house around 9:30 the electricity had come back on and the water was gone. But the carpet was a soppy, wet mess.
I went to the carpet store and asked them what type of flooring they recommended. They said to put in vinyl planking so I picked one out that I liked. They gave me the name of an installer. I called the installer and he said he would come by tomorrow to give me a bid.
I took a sample of the plank to Michelle to get her approval which she gave. I then went to my haircut and then came home.
The installer called around 2:00 this afternoon and asked if he could come today to measure the floor. I drove back into Emporia and met him at the house. He quickly measured the floor. He told me the carpet needed removed ASAP. I told him we might have someone that could do it later today but I wasn’t sure if they were going to be able to come. I asked him if he could do it. He first said he couldn’t do it until Thursday and he didn’t want it to wait that long. His wife was with him and she said something to him. He asked if I could get the room cleared of all the little stuff quickly. I told him yes. Next thing I knew he said he would be back soon.
I got to work taking things off the dressers and the bed. I happened to have some boxes in the car so I got those and used those to put things in. Tagen helped me move the night stands out of the way.
Fifteen minutes later the installer showed back up with his wife and son and they got to work removing the wet carpet. He knew how to cut it into pieces that they would be able to carry to his truck. It took them about 30 minutes to get the job done. I was so very grateful he was able to get the carpet out today. I gave him a good tip when I wrote the check to give him for the deposit on laying the floor. He is coming back a week from tomorrow to lay the new flooring.
While I was helping Tagen clear the room, I noticed some towels up against the floor and the wall. Michelle had mentioned something earlier today about a little water leak. Found out there is water coming in from a crack in a wall in the corner of the room. Dang it anyways. I attempted to call the basement repair guy but his line was busy all afternoon long. I bet half of Emporia tried to call him today. I’ll try again tomorrow. I will have to get that problem resolved too.
Dang, somedays rentals are a pain in the ass. I’ll have to check to see if insurance will cover any of this. I don’t know yet how much the flooring is going to cost and I can’t remember what my deductible is. I’ll have to check on both of those things tomorrow too.
Downtown Emporia flooded today too. I wonder how many people had a wet basement today in Emporia? It is rare we get five to six inches of rain in only a couple of hours. The ground was saturated and there was no place for the water to go. Loosing electricity didn’t help at all today either. What a mess!
Hoping Jason’s house’s basement didn’t flood. He is going to check tonight and let me know. I don’t know if he has a sump pump or not.
Tomorrow I have to go to Emporia for exercise at 11:30. I need to go by the carpet store and pay for the planking. The installer said he gave them the measurements so they will know how much I will need.
I am tired tonight. I hadn’t planned on making two trips to Emporia today. Grateful the installer came through and helped me out big time today. I told him he was my miracle of the day. I gave his wife a hug and thanked her for suggesting they could do the job.
I think I will do my exercise video and then eat dinner and go to bed very early tonight. I may fall asleep during exercise if they aren’t very exciting this week. Sure wish I knew why some nights I can’t find sleep.
Grateful for an installer that really helped me out today, grateful the water damage wasn’t worse, and grateful for a haircut today.