Random Fail: First World Problems

[Aksannyi]

So my apartment is flooded.

About 40 minutes ago I heard some sort of plink-plink-plink noise coming from toward the bathroom, not a normal sound for my apartment. I go to investigate and a bit of water is leaking by the water heater area, so I grab a bucket and make a call to maintenance.

Ten short minutes later, water is literally coming in from about 25 different points in my apartment. Maintenance is here now, but I ended up with about 1/2 an inch of standing water in the kitchen and bathroom, parts of the ceiling caved in, overflowing pots and pans that I used to catch what I could, soaked towels, and a broken vase because maintenance is a bunch of fucking idiots.

They're working on sucking out the water now. Apparently the bathroom upstairs sprung a leak and since no one was home, I caught the brunt of the damage.

Of course this would happen the second to last week of class when my stress levels are already through the roof.



Amazingly though, my electronics all survived unscathed.

[Zetanio]

So my apartment is flooded.

About 40 minutes ago I heard some sort of plink-plink-plink noise coming from toward the bathroom, not a normal sound for my apartment. I go to investigate and a bit of water is leaking by the water heater area, so I grab a bucket and make a call to maintenance.

Ten short minutes later, water is literally coming in from about 25 different points in my apartment. Maintenance is here now, but I ended up with about 1/2 an inch of standing water in the kitchen and bathroom, parts of the ceiling caved in, overflowing pots and pans that I used to catch what I could, soaked towels, and a broken vase because maintenance is a bunch of fucking idiots.

They're working on sucking out the water now. Apparently the bathroom upstairs sprung a leak and since no one was home, I caught the brunt of the damage.

Of course this would happen the second to last week of class when my stress levels are already through the roof.



Amazingly though, my electronics all survived unscathed.

Sounds like a water leak to me.

[Aksannyi]

Yeah it was leaking upstairs, which turned into a rainfall in my own apartment. :/ Of course, the people upstairs aren't home. Next time I rent, I'm living on the top floor lol.

[Dizzy's]

With your luck you would just end up falling through to the bottom floor.

[Aksannyi]

Honestly yeah. They seem to have gotten it cleaned up pretty well, now I have fans and dehumidifiers in here.

I had planned to work on my paper today. Oh well. Shit happens.

I think the funniest thing is that I just got my lease renewal letter yesterday. I'm still going to renew because as a non-working student it will be a bitch to find another place (and because moving fucking completely sucks), but man. To me, the timing is pretty amusing on that one. I do kind of wonder how my upstairs neighbor's apartment is looking.

Some of the pictures I took - it's hard to see but there's about a standing 1/2 inch of water in the kitchen/bathroom. I took a few more but these are the ones that show the most, I think.

Spoiler: show

[Dizzy's]

Is the random fail the popcorn ceilings?

Are they going to move you to another unit while they do repairs?

[Aksannyi]

I don't think so. They got here pretty fast and they've already swept up a lot of the water and they're running three huge fans and some dehumidifiers to dry it out. I guess if the carpet can't get cleaned or I start to get mold they may move me but for now it looks like their goal is to keep me where I'm at.

[Dizzy's]

What about fixing the floors, sub floors, walls, pipes, insulation, ect?

[Aksannyi]

Haha, oh please, they only do the minimum to get by.

I'm in Florida, so I'm pretty sure there's no insulation to worry about, but I doubt they will do more than what they're doing. I might ask them, but I'm sure they'll just be like, "It's fine." lol

[Dizzy's]

Mold can be a pain in the rear end, that's what I would worry about.

[Anakron]

That's not asbestos in the ceiling, is it?

[Aksannyi]

I don't think so. I don't think these buildings are that old.

[Acevalefor]

It is not asbestos.

I would push them to replace the drywall in the ceiling. Once that stuff gets wet, it loses about 85% of it's strength. Additionally, I have never seen drywall get wet and not grow mold. You will have mold problems if it is not replaced. Same goes for any insulation.

[Cutriss]

I'm in Florida, so I'm pretty sure there's no insulation to worry about

Insulation isn't just about keeping heat in. It's also about keeping heat *out*. So yeah, you should have insulation, but then if your landlords aren't on the up-and-up, then high electric bills for running the AC 24/7 aren't their problem.

Happy thoughts for you Aks...

[Aksannyi]

After having returned from class, the carpet in my bedroom is no more dry than when I left. The living room is at least getting dryer though. This is going to be a lengthy process I guess.

[Spicyryan]

After having returned from class, the carpet in my bedroom is no more dry than when I left. The living room is at least getting dryer though. This is going to be a lengthy process I guess.

If you have one, run a dehumidifier.

[Aksannyi]

I'm running two of them, and the big ass fan that the maintenance guys brought in here.

[Astylla]

This is a fucked situation. Though at least no one came crashing through the ceiling while investigating a leak like my neighbors. Their ceiling had a 6 x6 foot hole and ended up in a hotel for weeks while it was repaired. Don't let them ease up on this shit, document and photograph everything.

[Aksannyi]

Oh I plan to. I have taken pics of everything they've done so far. They also left a fucking light on (they came to move the fans while I was out) and I'm annoyed as fuck about that. These fans are going to destroy my electric bill, you'd think they could turn the fucking light off when they leave.

[Spicyryan]

Oh I plan to. I have taken pics of everything they've done so far. They also left a fucking light on (they came to move the fans while I was out) and I'm annoyed as fuck about that. These fans are going to destroy my electric bill, you'd think they could turn the fucking light off when they leave.

How cute, you think they care.