Freddy gets a Shower

1/14/2020 (Permalink)

She asked him not to put the toilet in himself. She had a plumber in mind, they would just have to wait until she got back from her trip. He meant well, he really did. He wanted to surprise her and have it done before she got back. I don’t know why that meant he had to do it by himself, rather than call a plumber to come. But here we are, that is how I found myself dripping wet from a hose that was not attached properly.

He came into the bathroom in the middle of the night to find it flooded in a couple inches of water. Luckily, he remembered seeing a commercial for SERVPRO of East Portland earlier that day. A quick Google search he found the number to his local SERVPRO of East Portland Franchise right away. He was able to get the water turned off while we waited for SERVPRO of East Portland to arrive. I was honestly shocked that even at two in the morning they came out and were helping us!

He showed the SERVPRO of East Portland employee the bathroom, and the technician started getting to work immediately. After he looked around, and took some measurements he explained exactly what SERVPRO of East Portland was going to do step by step. First step was extracting all the standing water before they could put any drying equipment down. Once the water was removed, SERVPRO explained to him that he really needed to get a plumber out to fix the hose, so he didn’t end up with the bathroom flooded again.

It's been several days now; the plumber came out and installed the toilet correctly and SERVPRO of East Portland has been out every day to check to see if we are dry yet. We probably would have been dry by now, but he kept turning off the equipment at night. He said it was too loud, I didn’t mind the noise but then again, my ears are made of porcelain, so I can’t really hear anything. SERVPRO of East Portland  took the time to explain to him that if he keeps turning the equipment off it will take longer to dry, and he is risking getting mold. He decided he would just sleep on the couch to get away from the noise.

Once he left the equipment on, everything started drying and it should all be done by tomorrow! She is coming home the next day and SERVPRO of East Portland will be able to have everything back to normal before she even steps foot in the house! He really didn’t want her to have to live with the mess of his screwup, so it was great SERVPRO of East Portland was able to come in and handle it all so quickly. “Like it never even happened.”