but it pours.
I'm drinking ginger and honey tea and trying to recover not only from my cold but also from the fact that when I walked in the door yesterday after being in Kelowna seeing a cardiologist, I heard such a loud rush of water that I ran downstairs; the floor was covered in water, but the sound had diminished, so I ran up to the main floor bathroom where a fountain gushed up under the pedestal sink. I ran back down to turn off the main water switch. Then I stood for a while in water over the souls of my boots, too stunned to do anything until I had a flash of clarity and realized that what I needed was exactly what Jay does, restoration. I phoned him, he called May, she came over and we got up most of the water using swimming noodles, mops and pails. Jay and his partner came right over when they had finished their job in Sicamous. They put in about four hour's work last night and came back around 8:30am today to continue all morning. Jay, his partner and a plumber have done all the work so far. There was no damage upstairs; it's just being dried with heaters and dehumidifiers. It's the basement that is a mess, but not total. It's especially hard on Jay who built the room and is now partly pulling it apart. Much of the ceiling has to be replaced but first all must be dried, so they have removed bags of wet drywall and set up heaters and humidifiers in the basement too. The house is much warmer than I like and noisy, but I slept here last night and probably will again tonight. It's a relief to have it worked on so quickly. I've contacted my insurance and all sounds fine there, but I'll be happy when the adjuster gets here and confirms that. The one for this area is on a big job at Silver Star.
That's the spring news from Vernon.
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I'm drinking ginger and honey tea and trying to recover not only from my cold but also from the fact that when I walked in the door yesterday after being in Kelowna seeing a cardiologist, I heard such a loud rush of water that I ran downstairs; the floor was covered in water, but the sound had diminished, so I ran up to the main floor bathroom where a fountain gushed up under the pedestal sink. I ran back down to turn off the main water switch. Then I stood for a while in water over the souls of my boots, too stunned to do anything until I had a flash of clarity and realized that what I needed was exactly what Jay does, restoration. I phoned him, he called May, she came over and we got up most of the water using swimming noodles, mops and pails. Jay and his partner came right over when they had finished their job in Sicamous. They put in about four hour's work last night and came back around 8:30am today to continue all morning. Jay, his partner and a plumber have done all the work so far. There was no damage upstairs; it's just being dried with heaters and dehumidifiers. It's the basement that is a mess, but not total. It's especially hard on Jay who built the room and is now partly pulling it apart. Much of the ceiling has to be replaced but first all must be dried, so they have removed bags of wet drywall and set up heaters and humidifiers in the basement too. The house is much warmer than I like and noisy, but I slept here last night and probably will again tonight. It's a relief to have it worked on so quickly. I've contacted my insurance and all sounds fine there, but I'll be happy when the adjuster gets here and confirms that. The one for this area is on a big job at Silver Star.
That's the spring news from Vernon.
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Just some of the blowers and heaters that are drying the place out.
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