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There are companies that deal with flooded indoor carpets. They have big fans that blow under a carpet to dry it. Not sure if they can deal with the mold, but they could definitely help with getting the floor and carpet dry after you do something to kill the mold. I recall this service not being terribly expensive - they just pull up the edge of the carpet and leave a fan blowing for a couple days.
Kit, no special secrets. Just (((hugs)))).Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
Sorry that things did not work out with you two. Hopefully you both can heal and move on and maybe talk at some point and come to some kinda resolution.
It's tough going through a break up and still living there, she's still there and the home you made together and the memories and whether you have a small glimmer of hope that you'll get back together or if you never saw her again it would be too soon :o there's sadness angst etc etc.
But special secrets? Nah. For that just ask my ex, that was about 3 years ago, while my Dad was dying...right before his birthday....I was the "dumpee" not the "dumper", it was awful....but it's ok, everything works out....
PK if you're lurking? I have 3 waaaaaaay better bikes than you. Come to the Cindy with that dusty "off the rack" Mondonico and you'll see a brief glimpse of what the BACK of hand built for me by the man whos name goes on the frame full custom Campy Record looks like, I will politely call out of course and ....
I have a waaaaaay smarter and stronger and hotter and funnier and smarter and .... GF. She's a triathlete! :D :D :D brphftttt :p
Jennifer, at least the tree was not drinking and driving.
Often you can rent those giant fans, Lowes, Ace, Homelessdespot....
Jen - do you have any carpet scraps? Maybe you could make a patch? KG and Kit's ideas sound good. Getting rid of the pad would probably help a bunch.
Can y'all understand why I am so crazy about this chickie?Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
"I have a waaaaaay smarter and stronger and hotter and funnier and smarter and .... GF. She's a triathlete! :D :D :D brphftttt :p"
And she's so mature, too! :)
Jen, patching it seems to be the way to goQuote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
http://www.doityourself.com/stry/resurrectingrugs
oh, the troubles I miss by being Jewish :p Just kidding, I love Christmas trees.
Knott, "living well is the best revenge"
I'm already happier having left than I was for much of while I was there... I'm sure that already speaks volumes. *sigh* I was the dumper, not the dumpee, but sometimes that's gotta be the way.
Thank you Trek, I needed the laugh. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
I'm just glad her tree wasn't dinking and soaking the carpet. Yes, this will be deleted so sensitive folks don't read it and die. ;) oh look, top of the page, too yet!
I am trying Kit's Idea first. And praying it works. If not, we rip the large piece (it is very large) out and I guess we can take carpet from the family room to make a patch and do some throw rug thing in the family room.Quote:
Originally Posted by snapdragen
I want to cry.
Happy New Year TD!!!
i made it until 10 pm and another new year's not seen at midnight. oh well.
BM3 - sorry about the carpet. sounds like you got some good ideas. BIG HUGS. good luck. and if i come across that 5k i'll let you know.
kit - glad this new year is going good already.
knot - i got wet slobbery kisses this morning too. actually i got them from 3 puppies. anyone need extra slobber with their new year?
When I had my carpet disaster (sewer back up.... ugh) I called the insurance company. The damage was not enough to warrant a claim due to my high deductilble, but the ins. co. set me up with Service Master - national franchise - to come in and clean the carpet, pad, spray mold inhibiter, dry everything out, and re-stretch the carpet. Price was very reasonable but I can't remember how much I paid - was a long time ago.
I have had them come out since to clean carpets. You can even schedule it all online. Well standard cleaning anyway, maybe for yours you actually have to talk to them on the phone.
Hope it helps. Not the way you want to start out the new year, is it?
Martha
I recall some tense moments involving flames, melting wax, a Menorah, and a pie tin.... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
Hah! I pulled a Snap on you! Can't delete it now!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
(unless you PM me and ask me to, cuz I've been "Snapped" and I understand your pain...)
Jen, ServiceMaster is really professional. When the basement flooded in Sept. they came out and consulted at no charge. And my insurance agent, an incredibly smart person, recommended them. See what they have to say.
And in her quest to save all deleted messages, snap steps in.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
edit: nyah, nyah
CWR - Well, y'know, I always appreciate a lil' extra slobber... ;)
hang in there, everyone. Battle stations... ;)
I will give them a call tomorrow, since today is a holiday. Hopefully Kit's idea works or Service master works cheap.
(((Bmomo'3))) ah, such are the 'oys of home ownership :o :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Kitsune06
I thought owning your own home was to be fun. I was lied to. I have had my front lawn totally dug up to replace sewer lines, a failed washer, then a failed dryer. My A/C gave out during one of the worst heat waves, so A/C and furnace had to be replaced. Then the garage door gave out, and lest I forget the squirrels living in my attic the first winter. *sigh* Oh yes, we have only lived here 4 1/2 years.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
I am exhausted.
Edited: I forgot the replacement of the garbage disposal and my oven is broken. X and Kit can vouch for that one.
We will not even discuss the roof and fence.....
I agree about the "lied to" part...we owned our house for 4 years and put in all new carpeting, new furnace, new central AC, new roof, new garage, new insulation...not sure when the whole "this is how a regular person builds wealth" was supposed to happen. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3
"Oy" definitely the operative word. Nice one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
When you figure it out, please let me know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Queen
stands, takes bow.Quote:
Originally Posted by salsabike
Queen, I think "the regular person builds wealth" this way if, and only if we turn the hovel at the top of a housing boom.
Whoops, missed that, too late.
Trek, I think you're right.
My beloved is making strong noises about wanting to own a house again...*heavy sigh*
Quote:
Originally Posted by Queen
Want mine???
Ummm...no.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3
(I don't want ANY house :( )
Well I tried. :pQuote:
Originally Posted by Queen
That's cool, I like 'em loud. Let's see how long this stays .....Quote:
Originally Posted by Queen
good things about owning:
* you may be happier around tax time if only then.
* don't like the color? paint it, got a funky wall you wanna move? take it out! bike rack installed on the roof? go ahead. Whoops, that was supporting wall kaboom/crash/bang.
* want pets? no landlord to say you can't have a dog. I got "custody of the dog" so this was critical.
* If my landlord installed dual pane windows (which I badly need) he'd raise the rent, when I install, get a tax deduction and lower heating bills.
* If and only if one sells everything you put into the house not only might raise the sale price but gets deducted from the profit. (note: I am not a lawyer or realtor, check on that one).
* you might, just might be in a better financial state because you may be able to roll non secured debt (the car, the visa card you charged that bike too) into the loan thus...tax deductable! (again, this is just me, check with a pro).
Bad things:
* Plumbing problems, dinking trees...can't just call land lord to fix.
* less flexibility moving, you're a homeowner, established, it's complex. Much more to do.
* roof needs fixing and you want vacation? Land lord does it. Own a home and vacations could be spent on the roof.
:eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by Trek420
SNAPPED!!!!!!!! :D
oops :confused: :eek:
Snap started it. She quotes those little things you'd like to delete later, and then they are SAVED IN AMBER for all posterity. Posteroirity. Postitutde. whatever.
But if you're reeeeeeally nice to me, I might delete my snap... <leer>
So now "It's a snap" takes on a whole new meaning :)
That's how language grows.
ah you beat me. exactly. that's what the professionals do.Quote:
Originally Posted by DebW
Jennifer, now, here's why owning your own home is fun.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3
When you were 9 months pregnant, your landlord couldn't evict you.
When you decided to paint a mural on the wall, you couldn't get evicted for it.
When you decided to knock a wall out completely, no one gave you grief about that either.
And not having a landlord who could evict you after living in a home for 4 years and always paying your rent on time when you were pregnant with your first child would be nice too. This happened to me. Why did they evict me? Since I got their house cleaned up they decided their daughter would like to live there and with a 1 week old baby, we had to move out.
(the mural was at another house that we were evicted from and the wall
was a hypothetical thing)
Owning your own home gives a great sense of security. Sure, there's problems, but take your carpet dilemma today; it would have happened with a rental too. and then they'd keep the cleaning deposit.
I have an idea!! Could you take up the carpet, and put down either wood floor or beautiful tile, just in that one area?? Then the tree can always be safe to dink there in future years!
I caulked all the windows on the north side of the house. It poured last night, and nothing got in! Mine, luckily, dried out before it had a chance to mold.
Nanci
Jen - Agreed on Service Master - I handle a lot of claims where faulty construction leads to water intrusion, leads to mold and they have ways of dealing with it.
Good luck!
Happy New Year TD!!!
We went for a hike. Great idea! Took the dog. Great! Went off the trail and everyone got ticks. Not so great! So I had to give him a bath outside with the hose - backbreaking and cold. None of the doggie baths were open. Oh well. 2 bloody marys later and all is forgotten. Almost.
Doggie baths... how fun. I'm waiting for the next bottle of champagne to get cold. :p
V.
isn't it expensive to bathe dogs in Champagne?Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
Hmm. Well technically I think many/most of us home 'owners' could be evicted, but, the evictors would be bankers' henchmen rather than landlords' henchmen and in theory that only if we have been extremely unable to pay the mortgage and not been able to work anything satisfactory out to the lender.
I think it's more like "home rent-to-ownership" but overall I agree, the bank doesn't care what I do to it on a day to day basis...
Here's a snippet from The Free Dictionary...
Anyway, on a different note, better to have a drinking tree than a flaming one! Ah, the perils of Christmas....Quote:
Under English common law a mortgage was an actual transfer of title to the lender, with the borrower having the right to occupy the property while it was in effect, but non-payment ended the right of occupation. Today only Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Vermont cling to the common law, and other states using mortgages treat them as liens on the property. More significantly, 14 states use a "deed of trust" (or "trust deed") as a mortgage. These states include: California, Illinois, Texas, Virginia, Colorado, Georgia, Alaska, Arizona, Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina and West Virginia. Under the deed of trust system title is technically given to a trustee to hold for the lender who is called a beneficiary.
Mmmmmmmmmmm. Bloody Marys.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by maillotpois