My husband likes to say, “You can’t fix stupid.” That’s how I felt last night when the hose of my newly installed washing machine disconnected while washing an “extra large” load of laundry. The result was more water than I’ve ever seen in our basement. (No, I’m not blaming my husband or calling him stupid.) If you’ve read my last two “plumbing” posts then you understand the irony of the situation. It’s not really sort of funny. Did I mention it happened at 11 p.m.?
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Come on! it was so my fault. And it was a good reminder to us to get the Rubbermaid/Shelving thing done.
At least we got to clean it up and laugh at each other!
Yikes! At least it was in the basement. My mom had a hose disconnect in her first floor laundry room. That was a mess!
Hope it wasn’t too bad.
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We’ve had it happen in our first floor laundry room (more than once!) It’s amazing the amount of water that can come from one washing machine load. Hope all is better now.
I give Adam credit for hearing the sound of rushing water. I was obliviously typing away at the computer. It would have been worse if the water had sat overnight! Now I have to make the house look nice and smell pretty for small group tonight. What a crazy week!
We had lot’s of plumbing problems with our washing machine drain line. It kept backing up for as long as I can remember. Luckily our laundry room had a window right over the washing machine…so…we would just hang the hose out the window. Then one day our washing machine went capooey and we invested in front loaders, since they use so much less water….Plumbing problems solved! I just thought that I would share our story.
Our house is built on a cement slab, as most Oklahoma homes are, so there are no basements to flood. There are only husbands who run water over their moldy tupperware lunch dishes & walk away…until the kitchen is inundated. That was quite the family affair – mopping up w/ towels & wringing them outside. Thankfully, we have four kids!
Aiiiieee! I hated having my wash/dryer in the basement in previous house, but now it’s on the second floor…wouldn’t want to clean up after that!
Good luck!