Dan awoke yesterday to wet carpet in the basement... and it was getting worse... Erin and I were already in Cannon Falls for Erin's golf tournament.
With the help of neighbors and our contractor friend, they were able to figure out that the leak was from the water line to the well... somewhere under our house, the line has sprung a leak. Dan and friends couldn't empty the wet vacs fast enough to keep up. We had to shut down our shared well, leaving three neighbors without water.
Thein Well Co. came out on an emergency and the digging began...
At the same time, everything had to be moved out of the guest room (Shannon's room) and Erin's room to tear out the carpet and closet organizers, which were ruined...
One of my first thoughts was about all the Shannon stuff I had saved. Thank goodness the keepsakes I had stored on her closet floor were in in plastic bins on her closet floor. Nothing got ruined...
Part of the process of clearing out the room meant moving all of the stuff I have saved... Her box with school papers she wrote, her soccer and hockey team pictures...
And, the clothing of hers I kept... her favorite t-shirts, and, of course, the all important hockey jacket that she wore with so much pride... I couldn't help but pull it out and look at how small it was...
Uff da...
We had a temporary water source last night, and today the well company returns to try and thread a new pipe through the old pipe. If that doesn't work, more digging is ahead to create a new line.
Carpet will get replaced, stuff that got damaged is just stuff. A pain in the ass, but not the end of the world... hoping today is a better day!
