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My fucking toilet just flooded my apartment
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2019-06-06 at 4:14 AM UTCdid you make sure to secure anything you had on the floor?
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2019-06-06 at 5:46 AM UTC
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2019-06-06 at 12:46 PM UTC
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2019-06-06 at 5:28 PM UTC
Originally posted by gadzooks Holy fuck… Good call.
It was still flowing… I figured there would be some kind of auto-shut-off mechanism…
I guess that valve IS the shut-off mechanism.
Removing the tank top and pulling up on the float or properly seating the flapper so that the tank would fill and actuate the float valve may have also been the quickest, easiest fix. The shut off behind the toilet is more difficult.
People should learn about their home's mechanical operations.
I firmly believe that there should be a required class in high school along the lines of "Things Everyone Should Know" that would include where to find and how to shut off your water/gas/electricity in an emergency, basic plumbing and electrical, basic home maintenance with replacing of HVAC enhancements, cleaning condenser coils and condensate drains, basic retirement planning, budgeting and normal household expenses, checking accounts and how to balance a check book (hey, I found a $50 mistake in the bank's favor once), etc.The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire! -
2019-06-06 at 5:30 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 Removing the tank top and pulling up on the float or properly seating the flapper so that the tank would fill and actuate the float valve may have also been the quickest, easiest fix. The shut off behind the toilet is more difficult.
People should learn about their home's mechanical operations.
I firmly believe that there should be a required class in high school along the lines of "Things Everyone Should Know" that would include where to find and how to shut off your water/gas/electricity in an emergency, basic plumbing and electrical, basic home maintenance with replacing of HVAC enhancements, cleaning condenser coils and condensate drains, basic retirement planning, budgeting and normal household expenses, checking accounts and how to balance a check book (hey, I found a $50 mistake in the bank's favor once), etc.
There are actual classes out there called Adulting 101. -
2019-06-06 at 5:34 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 Removing the tank top and pulling up on the float or properly seating the flapper so that the tank would fill and actuate the float valve may have also been the quickest, easiest fix. The shut off behind the toilet is more difficult.
People should learn about their home's mechanical operations.
I firmly believe that there should be a required class in high school along the lines of "Things Everyone Should Know" that would include where to find and how to shut off your water/gas/electricity in an emergency, basic plumbing and electrical, basic home maintenance with replacing of HVAC enhancements, cleaning condenser coils and condensate drains, basic retirement planning, budgeting and normal household expenses, checking accounts and how to balance a check book (hey, I found a $50 mistake in the bank's favor once), etc.
When I first started high school they had a class called home improvement. Did minor plumbing, wiring and electrical, framing and roofing, stuff like that. After my freshman year they replaced it with autocad and computer networking. -
2019-06-06 at 5:37 PM UTC
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2019-06-06 at 5:37 PM UTCAny floaters come up with that water?
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2019-06-06 at 5:39 PM UTC
Originally posted by larrylegend8383 When I first started high school they had a class called home improvement. Did minor plumbing, wiring and electrical, framing and roofing, stuff like that. After my freshman year they replaced it with autocad and computer networking.
Yeah, and you end up with people letting their place fill with sewage water because they're ignorant of all things mechanical. smh -
2019-06-06 at 5:42 PM UTC
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2019-06-06 at 6:10 PM UTC
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2019-06-06 at 6:52 PM UTCShit...it's what's for dinner!
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2019-06-06 at 7:16 PM UTCOne time I trekked through a shit filled basement for some DOM I had left down there.
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2019-06-06 at 7:25 PM UTCMy carpets, and the apartment hallway carpets, are all soaking wet, and the restoration company lady estimated that it's gonna be like $6,000 to dry the carpets, and prolly another $6,000 to replace the floors.
I literally have to entirely renovate my entire apartment's flooring.
FML. -
2019-06-06 at 7:27 PM UTCI placed a $100 liquor store delivery order just now on Skip the Dishes though so pretty soon I'll feel good again.
#LifeHacks. -
2019-06-06 at 8:32 PM UTC
Originally posted by gadzooks My carpets, and the apartment hallway carpets, are all soaking wet, and the restoration company lady estimated that it's gonna be like $6,000 to dry the carpets, and prolly another $6,000 to replace the floors.
I literally have to entirely renovate my entire apartment's flooring.
FML.
thats fucked up dude. well least liquor has your back. thats something for now. -
2019-06-06 at 9:48 PM UTCWhat is fucked up is that his landlord (or insurance company) will have to pay out all of that money because Gadzooks was too stupid or too lazy to shut the fucking water off.
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2019-06-06 at 9:50 PM UTC
Originally posted by stl1 What is fucked up is that his landlord (or insurance company) will have to pay out all of that money because Gadzooks was too stupid or too lazy to shut the fucking water off.
Insurance already gave the DENIED stamp.
Btw, though, isn't this kind of situation EXACTLY what insurance is for?
You pay a monthly premium in case you fuck shit up. -
2019-06-06 at 9:50 PM UTC
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2019-06-06 at 9:52 PM UTC
