Crocs Endorsement.

Yesterday I was convinced we had a very vocal family of squirrels living in our abandoned chimney. Later in the day, when they were chirping louder than ever, I realized it was actually the hot water heater making a strange noise. It also sounded like it was constantly filling. After calling Elijah (he happens to be in MA this weekend)he said it was not going to explode because the gentlemen on Mythbusters say it is extremely difficult to make a hot water heater explode. I wasnt' thinking 'exploding' I was thinking 'leaking" somewhere. So, as all the pipes in our home are exposed at the moment, I checked, and... no leaks. After watching Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets with Crash and Puppy Kitty, I walk to the kitchen and hear the squirrels still even louder. I don't have shoes on, and I feel my socks get wet. I look down and *slosh* water is coming up through the tiles. After that I realize what happened. The bottom must have rusted out and our tank was continuously emptying itself throughout the day. The WHOLE living room had to come up, and yes, we JUST finished finally laying down the new laminate flooring. And lots of the kitchen did as well, see below. We need to take down the wall between the kitchen and living room as this has apparently happened before and there was lots of old water damage. I made a quick video. Nothing was seriously damaged, we lost some flooring, a wall that needed to come down, but lots of valuable time. All in all, it was really just a huge pain in my bleep. I ended up finishing around 5am and our wet dry vac saved the night.

If Im ever famous I might find myself endorsing Crocs. Not only are they comfy for walking around in, if you are ever caught in an in home emergency flood, you wont have to worry about ruining your shoes. Thank you Crocs, you made my night.




this video doesn't do the job of relaying how much water was there, once I took up the underlayment we had puddles.



some photos....





Happy Easter!