So, most here know that I made the laundry room more functional for a wine transferring and equipment washing area. Counter over the washer/dryer, new sink, faucet, etc. Well it all has worked out great. It's much nicer than working in the kitchen.
Except for this thing. The no plumbing needed thread on fitting that came with my cup washer that I installed to rinse bottles.
This C********** G*** D**** M******* F***** thing. Imagine them as you prefer, I used them all.
Three weeks after install, this no warning drip, complete fail POS let go at 2:30 AM. Completely failed! Open plumbing line into the laundry cabinet.
I hear the bedroom door open, and an unusual sound... I say ****, what is that? And the reply is, GET UP! Get up, get up, get up!
I walked through at least half an inch of freezing cold well water to get to the shut off. The laundry was flooded from wall to wall, the adjoining washroom as well. The pantry is a walk through into the kitchen and it was seeping under the transition and moving under the hardwood. The master bedroom is on one side, and the kitchen on the other. It was deep, pouring into the furnace vents and seeping under the walls. Soaking into the carpet on the bedroom side, and under the cabinets and flooring in the kitchen.. OF MY 10 MONTH OLD HOUSE!
SO, I went to the shop and got a floor squeegee and the shop vac. I opened the back door and moved out about 10 gallons just shovelling it through the door with the squeegee. Then I got out about 3 full vacuum tanks from the bathroom and under the washer, dryer and freezer. We worked opposite areas. Every towel in the kitchen and pantry, while I sucked up the bulk in the laundry. We then used the shop vac to suck water out from between the floor boards and a little upholstery cleaner to suck up the bulk from the bedroom carpet, which was soaked about 4 feet into the bedroom. It went about 15 feet through the pantry into the kitchen by what swelled, 10 ft under the wall portion.
The nice thing was I got to watch the sun come up.. Actually I didn't notice it at all, but it was up by the time we dealt with everything we could, around 5:30 am.
It was at this time I was told we never should have moved out of the trailer, this place is just going to get moldy and rot out from under us. AND! We are never doing anything without a qualified plumber again.. It was nice to realize I had been getting blamed the whole time we were working.
I noted that the situation has been unpleasant enough without an argument, and that I was far too tired for one. I explained that the fitting failed and it was not my work that was the cause. As well as the fact that mould and rot take a long time of constant leaking. I explained that I would get a commercial dehumidifier in the morning and that they are so efficient that everything will be dry and back to normal in a couple of days. That I may need to replace some of the hardwood, but that's the worst of it. So we went back to bed to get ready for Monday morning business.
Luckily I was tired and just done, otherwise I likely would have ripped up the flooring so it could dry underneath. I was considering it and said I may in the morning, but I didn't need to. They call it resilient flooring in the building specs, and it is amazing. It swelled and buckled a good 1/4 inch or more. When I woke up in the morning it was BAD. Buckled all over the place. about a 1/4 of the floor would have to come up, IF I could match it. Within 3 days with the dehumidifier moved through the different rooms it was half way back to normal and there are just a few notable ridges that are still settling back, now.
The saga didn't end there, though. Just the topical portion. The carpet and floor inside were dry after 3 days. The bedroom door case swelled enough so the door was hard to close and after three days everything pulled back and there were no notable signs of any moisture. Unfortunately, it went through all the plumbing cut outs and vents into the floor joists. Most of it went right down into the crawl space, but what didn't filled up the belly board between the joists. Maybe a half inch of wet insulation. So I had to cut all that open and drain it out. Some areas were so bad it was a steady stream. I had to go down a few times to find all the wet areas.
I just taped it all back up on Thursday and took the dehumidifier back on Friday. Over 150 feet of slices, but I did not want to pull the insulation out. At that point it would have been an insurance claim, which I considered on day 3 or 4 when I was still finding wet areas, but that is a nightmare I don't want to be a part of. SO I ran the dehumidifier for a month, well 2. I rented one and bought one. A couple hundred dollars and time spent now is well worth not having any surprises or issues in the future. Any lingering issues would be 100 fold in the future so I just let 'em go until I was sure there was nothing left.
SO, now I am ready to finish up the laundry wine area completely, and put the whole event behind me. All in all no harm done, just a royal pain in my..
If you want to install a glass cleaner to wash your bottles, I would recommend using a separate shut off valve and plumb it in instead of using the fitting included. Mine is still installed, but it is on a properly installed shut off valve, now.
And if you made it this far, thanks for reliving it with me..
It was quite the thing.
Except for this thing. The no plumbing needed thread on fitting that came with my cup washer that I installed to rinse bottles.
This C********** G*** D**** M******* F***** thing. Imagine them as you prefer, I used them all.
Three weeks after install, this no warning drip, complete fail POS let go at 2:30 AM. Completely failed! Open plumbing line into the laundry cabinet.
I hear the bedroom door open, and an unusual sound... I say ****, what is that? And the reply is, GET UP! Get up, get up, get up!
I walked through at least half an inch of freezing cold well water to get to the shut off. The laundry was flooded from wall to wall, the adjoining washroom as well. The pantry is a walk through into the kitchen and it was seeping under the transition and moving under the hardwood. The master bedroom is on one side, and the kitchen on the other. It was deep, pouring into the furnace vents and seeping under the walls. Soaking into the carpet on the bedroom side, and under the cabinets and flooring in the kitchen.. OF MY 10 MONTH OLD HOUSE!
SO, I went to the shop and got a floor squeegee and the shop vac. I opened the back door and moved out about 10 gallons just shovelling it through the door with the squeegee. Then I got out about 3 full vacuum tanks from the bathroom and under the washer, dryer and freezer. We worked opposite areas. Every towel in the kitchen and pantry, while I sucked up the bulk in the laundry. We then used the shop vac to suck water out from between the floor boards and a little upholstery cleaner to suck up the bulk from the bedroom carpet, which was soaked about 4 feet into the bedroom. It went about 15 feet through the pantry into the kitchen by what swelled, 10 ft under the wall portion.
The nice thing was I got to watch the sun come up.. Actually I didn't notice it at all, but it was up by the time we dealt with everything we could, around 5:30 am.
It was at this time I was told we never should have moved out of the trailer, this place is just going to get moldy and rot out from under us. AND! We are never doing anything without a qualified plumber again.. It was nice to realize I had been getting blamed the whole time we were working.
I noted that the situation has been unpleasant enough without an argument, and that I was far too tired for one. I explained that the fitting failed and it was not my work that was the cause. As well as the fact that mould and rot take a long time of constant leaking. I explained that I would get a commercial dehumidifier in the morning and that they are so efficient that everything will be dry and back to normal in a couple of days. That I may need to replace some of the hardwood, but that's the worst of it. So we went back to bed to get ready for Monday morning business.
Luckily I was tired and just done, otherwise I likely would have ripped up the flooring so it could dry underneath. I was considering it and said I may in the morning, but I didn't need to. They call it resilient flooring in the building specs, and it is amazing. It swelled and buckled a good 1/4 inch or more. When I woke up in the morning it was BAD. Buckled all over the place. about a 1/4 of the floor would have to come up, IF I could match it. Within 3 days with the dehumidifier moved through the different rooms it was half way back to normal and there are just a few notable ridges that are still settling back, now.
The saga didn't end there, though. Just the topical portion. The carpet and floor inside were dry after 3 days. The bedroom door case swelled enough so the door was hard to close and after three days everything pulled back and there were no notable signs of any moisture. Unfortunately, it went through all the plumbing cut outs and vents into the floor joists. Most of it went right down into the crawl space, but what didn't filled up the belly board between the joists. Maybe a half inch of wet insulation. So I had to cut all that open and drain it out. Some areas were so bad it was a steady stream. I had to go down a few times to find all the wet areas.
I just taped it all back up on Thursday and took the dehumidifier back on Friday. Over 150 feet of slices, but I did not want to pull the insulation out. At that point it would have been an insurance claim, which I considered on day 3 or 4 when I was still finding wet areas, but that is a nightmare I don't want to be a part of. SO I ran the dehumidifier for a month, well 2. I rented one and bought one. A couple hundred dollars and time spent now is well worth not having any surprises or issues in the future. Any lingering issues would be 100 fold in the future so I just let 'em go until I was sure there was nothing left.
SO, now I am ready to finish up the laundry wine area completely, and put the whole event behind me. All in all no harm done, just a royal pain in my..
If you want to install a glass cleaner to wash your bottles, I would recommend using a separate shut off valve and plumb it in instead of using the fitting included. Mine is still installed, but it is on a properly installed shut off valve, now.
And if you made it this far, thanks for reliving it with me..
It was quite the thing.
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sorry to hear about that Vinny. Water damage really sucks. I would have Called the insurance company right away even if I were going to handle it. Keep an eye on that insulation. That’s going to be the most likely area to trap and retain some moisture.
