Water Damage while on vacation

9/16/2020 (Permalink)

Have you ever left your house for a vacation and wondered what would happen if a toilet started leaking while you were away?  I'm sure the thought of coming home to a water damage would be the furthest thing from your mind when you are heading out of the door on vacation. 

Well, for an unlucky homeowner when they returned home from a vacation they walked into their kitchen and found a huge mess.  The toilet supply line in the upstairs bathroom had a leak and while they were away the water made its way through the second floor and down into the kitchen below.  

The water saturated the drywall causing it to fall on the countertop.  The water was pooling all over the hardwood floor below.  

Luckily the team at SERVPRO knew how to handle the situation.  They quickly found the source and shut off the water, started cleaning up and extracting as much water as they could.  Then they set up drying mats to do their best to save the hardwood floor.  To the homeowners delight the hardwood floor was able to be saved which saved the customer time and money.